I just got my 05 EP3.. it's been running pretty smooth up to recently.

Car Pulling:
I got my car from a dealer and i had them fix an alignment problem which turned out to be that the tie rods needed to be replaced. So they only did one because it was the one that was most damaged. The car would pull before to the right mainly and now with the alignment it kept on pulling, but i had my uncle check it out and we found out that the front lower control arm bushings were badly worn and needed to be replaced, so i got Energy Suspension Polyurethane bushings and they changed how the car steered, but the problem with the car pulling was still existent.

It seemed to be that at high speeds mainly at third gear the car would pull.. but i began to notice depending on the side i steered to last that is the side it would pull. I took it to get aligned again to the shop i went last time but the guy said that he had noticed the problem last time and said it might not be an alignment issue he said that it was the rack and pinion, the steering rack that the teeth might not be engaging right.. What could this be if anybody has experienced this before?

Crystal Grinding Noise:
Then more recently, my car started making this noise like crystals grinding from the rear.. i'm guessing its the rear brake pads but i thought EP3's mainly use the front rear pads the most. Would this be from brake pads or the rotor? or something else? It happens when i hit the brakes but only on second or first gear though.. or if i'm going real slow in first gear when inside parking structures I deaccelerate and it makes that noise.. its kinda annoying because its loud...

Only mod I've done so far is the exhaust tip.. going to do intake next. Car has a lot of miles but plan on getting an engine swap in the future and the car was originally from Virginia.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

 

Really!? They only fixed one side? Always replace suspension and steering parts in pairs. If you only do one side then it just puts that more pressure on the old part on the other side- making it go bad that much faster.

Jack the front end up, put your hands on the front wheel at 9 and 3 o'clock and wiggle the wheel assembly. If it moves the tie-rods or rack is bad.

As to the grinding, you need to take the wheel off and inspect the brakes and change the pads if necessary. Disc brakes are one of the easiest things to change on a vehicle.

 

04 civic ex. Mine started to pull to 1 side. Every time I get it aligned it pulls to opposite side. My problem is that speeds over 60mph the wheel shakes rough. When foot comes off gas pedal it feels like the wheel starts to hop a lil. Have had a tie rod changed n power steering emptied n changed. But that was at least 2yrs ago.