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  1. i did a lot of research, and basically decided to stay away from some of the cheap stuff on ebay. what i ended up buying was this: http://shop.tunersmotorsports.com/?product=trs-rear-toe-link-control-arm-pair-986987996997 they look identical to the ones sold by tarrett at $100 more. i spoke to Mike at tuneRS and he explained to me that tarrett sells them more expensive because the tarrett ones have gone through a certification process for major racing and because of that, they are being value priced. i dont race my car, so i could care less. i was very happy with the ones i got, they really look like high quality parts. there was a minor hickup however, again, minor: the aluminum spacers where the spherical bearing are were too big by about 0.009" for each side. they could not be installed in my 986 boxster because of this. the solution was about 30 mins of HAND SANDING by me and a friend. my friend did 2 spacers and i did 2 spacers. aluminum sands pretty easily, and so i did not want to do it on a machine and risk damaging. after hand sanding on 220 grit sand paper, the parts slipped in nicely on the car. i am very happy with the end result. i actually got the arms for $350 + about $10 shipping. not sure if the tarrett ones would have had the same issue, but again, this was minor, and for a $100 less i did not mind 30mins of my time.
  2. for me, the rear toe was off by alot, but on both sides which led me to suspect that the issue was worn suspension bushings instead of a bent part (i thought a bent part would be less likely to manifest itself on both sides). Also, i did not have alignment specs before i replaced the axle boots, so i couldnt prove that this axle repair was the cause. the alignment may have already been off beforehand and i didnt notice, afterall, the car still drove great. so what i did was order new toe control arms - the aftermarket adjustable kind. they were about 400 for the pair. after alignment, i was rather certain this was the cause because the alignment shop told me they did not have to adjust the length of the new arm to make it shorter than the original one to account for the excessive toe in. they just turned the eccentric bolts slightly. So, it seems like the original bushings were worn. hope this helps...
  3. Hi 02chuck, I hate replying to threads that are over 4 years old. But I have the same situation. 2001 Boxster S, 53K miles. Put mew tires on. Just did my CV boots. Took it to get aligned and the rear is toed in 0.3in on one side and 0.7in on the other. They could not do anythings else as the eccentrics were turned all the way. I too got a car that had a new engine (only 4k miles on it). Exact same situation as you and same result. The only difference is, my toe control arms do not appear bent. Was hoping you could share with me if you found out if the bent toe arms you had were the root cause of the excessive toe-in. If not, how did you solve the problem? I made measurements of the height of my car cause the alignment shop asked me if my car had been lowered. It appears to be all stock suspension. But when I measured the height according to the instruction of the porsche 986 repair manual, my car is at the low end of the tolerance for height in the back, and below the low end of t he tolerance in the front. Not sure if this could be related to the new engine???
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