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Originally Posted By: Bottom_Feeder I went with Monroe Quick Struts for all four corners of my wife's Corolla. This experience has not necessarily put me off quick struts, but at least Monroe's flavor of them. I would try KYBs first. Which Corolla do you have?

Monroe has a Quick Strut complete strut assembly for many cars, now KYB is coming out with them too (not to mention other companies like Gabriel, Tokico, etc.) I was thinking: is there really any reason at all NOT to get a complete strut assembly? Is it a no-brainer? Obviously, there is more...

Originally Posted By: Mach1Owner If I move from a 16in wheel to an 18in wheel, and the wheel weight 3lbs more per rim, who do I figure out the offset of the tires weight from moving to a thinner side wall or wider width? Is there a place that I can look up the weight of a tire? I don't have a...

Originally Posted By: TFB1 The toe-in ALWAYS splits between R & L, if one side is mis-adjusted the steering wheel will be off center but won't cause a pull... Too much toe-out will cause instability, excess toe-in increases tire wear... Pull to one side generally means that side has more...

Originally Posted By: eljefino Oddly, toe doesn't always cause pull. Camber is more likely. Do you have to hold the wheel dead center? If you get a laser level, you can hold it on your front tire bulges and aim towards your rear tires. Should just barely miss. It certainly could be camber...

Originally Posted By: turtlevette After coming back from the alignment shop unhappy several times, I started doing my own. I just keep messing with it until I like the way it steers. Go ahead. If you foul it up then you can take it in. This is kind of what I had in mind. I believe I can get...

Originally Posted By: yonyon Originally Posted By: lizpat I am going to adjust the inner tie-rod little by little to correct what I believe to be a toe-in condition. If the car tracks perfectly straight, I will know that I've done the job well. I won't even need tools or measuring tape or...

Originally Posted By: Zaedock If you release the steering wheel so the car tracks straight, is the steering wheel off to the left? You can adjust it no problem. If it veers right when you hold the wheel straight, the outer tie rod needs to be adjusted out a bit. Try a turn at a time. If I...

Some time ago, a shop replaced the inner tie-rod of my car on the front passenger side and aligned it.. but only on that side. They didn't do a full 4 wheel alignment. That's fine, whatever. In any case, the car doesn't track perfectly straight. When the steering wheel is on dead center, the car...

blurring and obscuring the license plate when I reconsidered. At first, I was like, "everyone covers their plates when posting pics of their car, is that really necessary or just paranoia, I mean the most someone can do to prank you is to check to see if you have outstanding parking fines,"...

I only really learned one thing: to eviscerate the notion of 'right of way' from my mind. I happen to agree that we should get rid of that idea, all of us. We replace it with the idea of 'usually of way' or 'sometimes of way.' It's less certain, it encourages us all to be more careful. Too...

Originally Posted By: KrisZ If you drive smooth, i.e. no treating the gas and brake pedals as if they were ON/OFF switches, I don't see any issues. If the tranny was designed to lock the TQ often, then there is probably more clutch material just for that. Also once the TQ is locked above 5mph...

If you do mostly city driving, would the Mazda SkyActiv automatic transmission (clutch-based) be a concern as far as durability is concerned? Here is what I understand about the SkyActiv AT: At speeds below 5 mph, the torque converter is used. Above 5 mph, the clutch engages and locks in. In...

Originally Posted By: Rat407 Originally Posted By: FL-400S 2007 corolla, is this the 1ZZ-FE or 2ZR-FE? I don't know and the vehicle is 3hrs from me. ALL 2007 Corollas are 1ZZ-FE. The XRS 2ZR-FE Corolla was discontinued after 2006.

Yes, you're right, the wider tires definitely have an effect.

You're not just settling for steel wheels with wheel covers, you might go out of your way to configure your car to avoid the alloy wheels. What do you think? Some cars take a small MPG penalty when configured with alloy wheels over the steelies that are standard on lower trims. Two...

The new re-designed IS250? 0-60 in 7.7 seconds? Very sexy looks but for the money, I think you get more (more acceleration) with a G37 (it's being discounted 4,000 dollars, you'll pay even less) or the Q50 (G37's replacement.)

Looks like this will replace the regular Altimax RT line: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires.jsp?tireMake=General&tireModel=AltiMAX+RT43 What can be said about it? Well, the treads look... 'sexy' Will strongly consider these in two years when I replace all 4 of my Altimax HP.

My take: Best Corolla yet but too expensive. -Radical dash, very daring design and unique, if it proves equally functional (as it should) then it's definitely the best-in-class dash. -Roomy interior. Two tone color palette. Most rear room, a de-merit for me since I often drive alone and do not...

not standard equipment on all cars. In this day and age when drive by wire rules, cruise control is just a computer programming routine, right? It probably doesn't more than a few bucks to add cruise control for manufacturers. I definitely understand the business-profit case for cruise control...