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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 02:20 AM
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after lowering '00 honda prelude with tokico blues and skunk2 coilovers. the alignment is off and my car veers to the right side. when the steering wheel is at a certain angle to the right, i get knocking noises from the right side of my car (same noise occurs when my front, right tire gets flat). i thought it was because i didn't lower my car evenly on both sides but i tried even it out as much as i can yesterday but no luck. is this a big problem and will getting an alignment fix this? thanks in advance!
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 06:42 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by baaao &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">is this a big problem and will getting an alignment fix this?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Yes, and yes. You will need to have the toe set back to the center of the factory tolerance range, or as close to 0.00* as possible at all four corners. Just ignore the camber.
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Old Jan 13, 2008 | 11:32 AM
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thanks, i'm gonna go get an alignment tomorrow
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 05:33 PM
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so did it help?
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Old Apr 4, 2008 | 10:52 PM
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turned out that it wasn't an alignment or axle problem. my car was really low at one point and the fender was rubbing the front right tire, making it very lopsided. anyways, bought a new tire and the alignment and knocking problem was gone.
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 11:20 AM
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good thing to know, thanks man.
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