Finally!

Finally!

so the last few months with the turdrolla have been...painful...so to speak. my steering has been completely fubar - the best description i can give is my steering wheel (and entire front end, before i figured out what it was) was shaking like a cold chihuahua on crack. it was getting so i didn't want to drive anywhere, because i was broke and couldn't afford the (expensive) diagnosis and repairs...nevermind the fact that it put me in physical pain from all the vibrations if i drove for too long. i'd taken it in to Toyota awhile ago to figure out a random clunking in my front end, which they diagnosed to be the inner tie rod ends. i figured OK, that's probably what's causing it.

nope. changed both inner and outer tie rod ends, and after a good $500 spent on that repair it still shook. finally took it back over to toyota on Tuesday night (Steve/Hazer00/toyotech is one of their employees), and we checked my entire suspention, as well as balanced my wheels, etc. it turns out i somehow have 2 wheels that are out of round. i have no idea how i've managed this, as i drive the car like it's made of glass when i go over bumps.

on the upside, however, i managed to get my sway bars in, as well as clean off my rear brakes and adjust the drum shoes so i actually have a functioning ebrake now. hopefully this tuesday we'll have time to install my rear springs (i've only had the front lowered), get a replacement brake kit on the driver side since mine's fubar, and replace one wheel stud that was broken a week ago from someone cross threading it a good 4-5 months ago.

the downside: i'm out $450 for a repair that we probably could have done on our own, and would have cost me $150 for parts.
the upside: next season the car's going down to FedEx for its first autox. i should have a new set of wheels with some really good tires by then (well, i hope...), so i hope to be one of the only corollas on the course. hoooray for the little red rollerskate! and BIG THANKS to Steve, who really hooked me up with the help.

Very nice! Are this teh KONIG wheels, if so they are very soft and tend to bend easily. A lot of times it is either wheels, brake discs or axles.

GL

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yep, they're the pooptacular Konigs. i'm just happy my axles are good - i'd rather it be the wheels than the axles. so i'll go back to stock steelies for awhile...no biggie.

the spring and mechanism that allows for adjustment between the shoes. the shoes themselves are fine...practically new.

yeah...Konigs are poooooptacular.

i've always heard about Enkei wheels lasting awhile.