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Old Oct 30, 2009 | 02:54 PM
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Okay So I just got an allignment from firestone, and everythings alot better like my wheel isn't tilted when going straight anymore, but my car pulls slightly to the right when I let it go. The guys at firestone said its probably my Tires and chamber because I have lowering springs. I Don't know if anything is bent, what can you guys make out of my alignment specs. btw I have a 1998 Honda Ek.



any feedback would be great.

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Old Oct 30, 2009 | 03:44 PM
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Camber looks fine. Might want to try and figure out why you have more passenger side rear camber than driver side though.

They should have done a better job evening out the toe though. The rear driver's side has more toe in than the passenger side, and the driver's front is toe out compared to passenger side toe in. That shouldn't be enough to cause a pull, but it could.
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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by TunerN00b
Camber looks fine. Might want to try and figure out why you have more passenger side rear camber than driver side though.

They should have done a better job evening out the toe though. The rear driver's side has more toe in than the passenger side, and the driver's front is toe out compared to passenger side toe in. That shouldn't be enough to cause a pull, but it could.
yeah the pull is very slight, it takes a while but it eventually pulls to the right. One thing that might of affect it, I ran over a curb exit divider on the freeway. I bent my rear left trailing arm so I replaced it. I mean Im just glad I didn't damage more than one trailing arm. I can live with the pull to the right, its really slight, Im just wondering why it is.
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Old Oct 31, 2009 | 05:13 AM
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its a long shot but i would say check your tie rod's
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by greendx
its a long shot but i would say check your tie rod's
yeah, I should, I was reading about other guys with previous allignment pulls and tie rods were the problem. I might wait till it gets worst, because the pull is slight.
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 10:42 AM
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toe is not right. theres some cross toe and thrust in the rear. that would explain it. nothing to do with the camber.


but it could also be that the tie rods are bad, have play, and giving bad measurements since its changing. have them check for play in your suspension/steering. or do it yourself.

whoah, that toe was REALLY off before. lol.
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Old Nov 1, 2009 | 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by TunerN00b
Camber looks fine. Might want to try and figure out why you have more passenger side rear camber than driver side though.

They should have done a better job evening out the toe though. The rear driver's side has more toe in than the passenger side, and the driver's front is toe out compared to passenger side toe in. That shouldn't be enough to cause a pull, but it could.
agree, that's really half *** for a real machine. if you did that with a string and tape i would say the numbers are alright but that toe in up front needs to go away. the rear is less of a concern but still sloppy
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