RE: flex me(was z3)

["PAT MARTIN" <MARDKINS@msn.com>]

Try driving down the road and putting your hand between the gutter and the top 
of the door.  This only works on cars with gutters but I would guess that most 
cars have a similar area.  When you drive and hit bumps and such you will feel 
that gap opening and closing with the flex.
Pat Martin
864000csq  2 1/2 cat back, H&R-Boge,advanced and loving it.  Drilled and 
stopping it.  Koenig Cobra 16x7 with AVS Intermediates, K&N. 
95 subaru legacy 
Bothell, Wa.



> Chassis flex can be checked statically; open and close one door
> (driver or passenger).  Now jack up one corner of the car (front or
> rear) until it is way up in the air.  Now oepn and close the same door.
> If it is significantly harder to open/close and feels like it's binding
> in the door jamb, you have chassis flex. Quite noticeable in my
> Coupe Quattro.

Yeah, my car does that too.  But how do you detect it while you're
driving?
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