Okay none of this happen before when I lowered my 01 gsr with Skunk2 coils on stock struts. The ride was perfect alignment, camber, caster, toe all adjusted and corrected. I was riding on 17" Tenzo Av7 on Federal Tires 205/40/17. Now, after the accident with my under body being damage the sway bar etc was all was fix so I lowered it much more than before now its like 1.5-2" off the ground. I brought it to my alignment shop they fix the alignment, camber, caster, and toe everything was adjusted. When I drove it off the car seems to be throwing me off to the left side now! Does anyone know why its doing this?? I'm on 16" TE-37 with Nitto NT 455 or 450 205/40/16 My alignment shop told me that if you lower your car you thats what you gotta sacrifice is the handling which is throwing me off to the left side. It never happen before with my other set of wheels and drop. I think there is something wrong can anyone help me thanks.

 

I'm not exactly clear on what you're asking, but it seems the car pulls to the left when you're driving it? If that's the case, I would take it back to the shop you had it aligned at and tell them to fix it. Doesn't matter if it's lowered or not, the shop should be able to make it at least track straight down the road. If it darts or bump-steers, that's a different matter though...

 

no they say they can't do anything about it. They told me its just like that when you sacrifice handling for lowering. Yeh, whatever they say shoot I know their wrong but they won't do anything now. So what can I do? Do u guyz think its my tires not rotated and balance correctly?? Cuz the TE-37 I bought from came with tires already and could they be like balance and rotated bad? I dont know let me know opinions and more help please thanks.

 

what happened to the old rims, and do you have your stock wheels?

 

I sold the 17" Tenzo White Av7 for $500 with tires already and my old 01 Gsr rims sold $400 used like 1000 miles with tires. Oh well hehe. Does anyone know what is up with my Integra?? Please help.

 

well i have a blown (nearly?) shock on my pass-side rear and it does the same as what you describe.... kinda tosses the *** out when hittin a bump on left handed corners...

dropping the car lower might have taken out a shock,
its a possibility...
K.

 

Yeh that is true but then I'm sure my shocks are still good. Not blown yet. Can it be my tires not rotated and balance correctly?

 

I think the alignment guy is full of crap. it can't be right, he may just not want to admit it. You got another place to check you r alignment? bet it still is off.

 

Take it to another alignment shop, the first guy is full of ****. Unless something was broken during the spring install, or you have a bad shock, there is NO reason why he shouldn't be able to keep it from pulling to the left.

It may handle differently after lowering, I'll give him that, but pulling off to one side consistently when you let go of the wheel is an alignment problem, and that's what he's supposed to fix.

Sounds like a cop-out to me, unless there is something else wrong with the car that your or him don't realize.


[Modified by matt-eg, 4:14 PM 7/5/2002]

 

If your car is only 1.5-2" off the ground then it's probably too low. It sounds like you are experiencing bump steer. You could solve your problem by raising it up, but you should at least cut the bump stops.

 

Wow thats slammed. But I dont think it would be caused by your wheels not being balanced, not that much. Is it possible your frame was slightly bent in the accident and now your alignment is straight but the car is not?

Whatever the case is, the alightment shop should be able to adjust it to whatever it needs to be so that it tracks straight.

 

raise it up!!!

 

get them balanced and rotate them after doing so, i'd go that way before spending anymore on alignment. my 02 cents.

 

Hmmmm thanks for the help guyz as of my frame bein bent...Nah the dealership took care of all my repairs from my previous accident. Hmmm as for the bumpstop i did cut it. Hmm nah its kinda making me think my right front left shock could wear out but not fully blown???? Its not fully blown or anything? It doesn't look blown to me by lookin at the car and pressing it down on that side it doesn't bounce as much. Hmmm maybe i'l bring it to another alignment shop and see. But if their still okay with my previous alignment then maybe my front left shock could wear out. Will wear out shock tend to do this? Or it has to be fully blown? Thanks for the help guyz.

 

Do you have camber kits? You said that camber was taken care of, but without aftermarket kits there's no way of adjusting camber on Hondas. And you say 1.5-2 inches off the ground - is that your body, or just the front underspoiler or something? Do you have a body kit? We need a better description of how much you're lowered. And most importantly, get your actual alignment specs in a printout. Then we at least have a chance of figuring out what's going on . . . .

One possibility is that your left side has less negative camber than the right. With less negative camber, you've got more grip on the left side, which will pull you to the left slightly. And it's also possible that the new wheels have a different offset than the old, which could aggravate that kind of handling attributes.

But without knowing your exact alignment numbers, there's no way of helping you.

 

Hmmm I gotta get back to you on that gotta look for my receipt I hope they list the specs on there. No all I have is a OEM Type R lip and it looks like 1.5-2" off the ground its almost pretty much slam. They use washer but then I don't really know how can they adjust my front camber. Well I gotta look for that receipt and i'l let you know.