I guess in a nut shell I'm stuck on how to position my rack so it doesn't foul on the diagonal and I don't end up with bad bump steer? Not sure what you mean about a stepped extension, could you post a pic of it as it may be the solution I need

For the coupling, it sounds like I may have got the wrong one.. I'm guessing you've used one of these
http://www.rallydesign.co.uk/product...oducts_id=7333. I understand that one end will have a spline that goes onto the rack, but what I don't get is how you connect the extension onto this as the end of my extension has a triangle shape? (hence why I used the sierra->escort coupling).