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      08-07-2018, 06:09 PM   #121
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Originally Posted by Traf View Post
Use stock tie rods or you won't be able to fully adjust the toe
Thats actually wrong when you have an M3 rack with M3 control arms.

In that case you should use M3 tie rods. I foolishly believed the internet with this advice and purchased new stock tie rods to go with the M3 rack. Turns out the stock tie rods had to be extended out further to achieve correct aligment. My stock tie rods already had to be extended out ~5mm to compensate for the M3 control arms. They needed to be further extended out to work with the steering rack.

EDIT:

Looks like M3 tie rods won't work either, my bad. But the end of the threads of the M3 tie rods can be cut 10mm so the thread doesn't bottom out. This is probably more preferable than extending the non M tie rods so far out.
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