Hey Glenn, how's it going?

It's possible also that the balljoints are not mounted to the control arm correctly. If the control arms are slotted, one could be moved forward all the way, and the other all the way back. A visual check might confirm this.

If it's the same control arm you had on the car before your 'incident', I would definitely replace it. Control arms are cheap, but I know you've already spent the winter rebuilding the car...

PJ

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83 Rabbit GTI - future ITB