So when I bought my salvaged 05 civic ex for $6700 I thought I got a super deal. I took it to a mechanic and had they look it over thoroughly. They said it was superb and no signs of frame damage. The car slightly pulled to the right and I figured it just needed an alignment.

I took it to the alignment shop and they said my camber and castor are off and only a frame shop could fix that. SUCKS. ANyone have any idea as to how much this is gonna cost?

What would happen if I just kept driving it with it pulling to the right?

 

have you looked into investing into an adjustable camber kit???

you wouldnt need a machine shop for that and it will allow places to align your car correctly

 

Not gonna work. According to Merchant's Tire, the problem is mainly in the castor. They adjusted the camber free of charge for me today (for making me wait for over 4 hours) but they said the only way to adjust the castor is to take it to a frame shop.

 

that sounds backwards. you can get a caster kit online from tein. i may just be b/sing but im almost sure that caster can be corrected somewhat on our cars without the kit, but im not sure. camber you need a kit to change which shops can get or you can buy adjustable kits.

 

caster in these things is not adjustable. It is what it is, if they say its off, then start looking for other signs of crash damage, or the obvious one.... damage to the lower control arm.

 

yup, look for damaged lower control arms, bent struts or bent strut towers.

 

why was it salvaged? was it perviously in an accident?