The rear end of the body on my 01 Bullitt is off center a little towards the driver's side...I noticed it when I added spacers to the rear wheels. Is there any way to center it, maybe new upper or lower control arms? I've been told that the oem setup has such soft bushings that it allows the rear of the body to be off as much as 1-2 inches. Mine is off center by about an inch, so a 1/2 inch shift towards the passenger side would probably do it. An adjustable panhard bar may do it, but I don't want to get that involved, I just want it to line up! Anyone experience this, and how did you fix it?
Bullitt's rear end off center...
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02nightmaregt
To hell with your Mustang, I want to see your HOG!
This just happened to Stark77. Thats what i think he did, add a spacer, but maybe he'll chime in and clarify
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BurningRubber
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It's a somewhat common issue.
Mine sticks out a bit to the passenger side. I've had the car up on a lift and inspected for any possible bent or broken parts, and found nothing.
Mine sticks out a bit to the passenger side. I've had the car up on a lift and inspected for any possible bent or broken parts, and found nothing.
Stark77
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Hey - same thing with me. Apparently there's a few batches of mustangs that had the rear axles off by an inch plus. Mine was about 1.25 inches off towards the passenger side. My rear end was in perfect alignment though(wheels tracking perfectly straight ahead but rear axle just sitting off center). No real reason or explanation for why this happens on Mustangs. I think it's a bad frame/body jig for where they add the mounting brackets for the upper control arms. I bought aftermarket upper & lowers and also aftermarket KYB quad shocks which rules out anything being fouled with the suspension or linkage componentry. I should have measured the UCA mounting points' distance from centerline. That is where the problem is, I believe. Anyhow, after all the suspension work my mustang handles great and gets killer traction off the line, but it was still off center. Soooo.....I threw on plate spacers, 1/4 inch, and then a hubcentric spacer on the left side which was 1.25 inches. Now both tires "appear" to be equidistance from the fenderwell on each side. Plus, now I have the wide look in the back, but without the extra weight of deep dish wheels. Win-Win situation. I have 3 hubcentric spacers in 5 bolt pattern for a Mustang, since I only used 1 from the set, so if you would like to purchase one for super cheap PM me. I would reccomend running a 1/4 to 3/8 inch plate spacer underneath since our hub bolts are very long.
Stark77
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I will look into a panhard bar - but the ability of that mod to fix my issue is fairly dubious. How much did you pay for your set up?
02nightmaregt
To hell with your Mustang, I want to see your HOG!
Which bar are you running?That problem is notorious with stickshift cars. When u bank threw the gears really hard or dump the clutch it puts stress on the upper/lower control arm bushing causing them to flex. If you look at some old fox body street cars, the rear end could be shifted as much as 2" to one side. If you will replace the bushing in the upper and lower control arms you will fix your problem.
Stark77
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Stark77
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I ended up having to take off the exhaust from the midpipe back in order to get ample access to the upper control arms on removal and installation.
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