Sorry If this is a dumb question, but i figured thats what this community is about, to help each other out. I went to the dealer and they performed a multi check inspection on my 2007 Mustang GT/CS. They said that my outer tie rods were loose and should be replaced. I have been researching and to me it looks like the bumpsteer kits replace the out tie rods? I was planning on lowering my car this weekend and I bought the steeda bumpsteer kit to be put on as well and i figured those would solve the lose Outer Tie rod issue i have. Am I correct?

 

in a nut shell Yes. Depending on how much your going to drop you may or may not need the bump steer kit. With a mild 1 inch drop you shouldn't need the kit. Its less expensive just to replace with stock tie rods. Its also very easy to do on your own

 

Thank you very much for the reply. I am getting some sportlines so I guess the bumpsteer kit would be adequate with it.

 

The bumpsteer kit is adjustable. But it may not be necessary. It just happened that with my drop on the wright of the added SC on the front I needed it.

 

I have one of Steeda's Bumpsteer kit sitting in the garage that I will make you a good deal on. It has never been installed. Shoot me a PM.

 

Steeda bump steer kit is up for sale the "For Sale" section.

 

The bump steer kit is just an outer tie-rod end with an adjustable stem. Its purpose is to make your tie rod parallel to your control arm after you've changed the suspension geometry. Good examples are if you've drastically lowered your car and if you installed long stem ball joints (like Steeda X5) to correct the roll center of the front control arm.

Here is a pic of what it looks like installed (looks to be off an SN95 car, but aside from the sway bar its pretty close)



Once the control arm and the tie rod don't travel in parallel arcs, you get bump steer. I think this link does an excelent job of explaining it (halfway down the page).

http://www.miracerros.com/mustang/terminology.htm

These two pics (from the above link) show the concept really well, and in the 2nd one, you can see why Steeda makes the X5 ball joints. It makes the control arms (blue) parallel to the ground again. The bump steer kit makes the tie rods (red) parallel with the control arms again.

Stock height


Severely lowered

 

Cavero - thank so much for the info and the help! i truly did appreciate it. I went ahead and got the Bumpsteer kit installed when I lowered my car. It feels great.

 

Np, just passin it forward. Been there