Hey guys,

Those of you who haven't talked to me lately prolly have no idea what's been going on...

Well I've been fighting with the stealership because I currently have two fron tires with wire showing on the inside inch of tread from the tires rubbing on the struts from the shitty alignment that GM forgot to change when the changed from a 235 to 245 tires when they imported it from Ausie. They're telling me my car is out of alignment and there's nothing they can do about that becasue alignment warranty is only 12m/12k and I'm outside of that. What they don't realize is I know about the 22 unresolved issues they've had filed against them with the NHTSA and that GM Tech Assistance knows what I'm talking about...as soon as I can get it on an alignment machine and have someone tell me that it's within factory specs, me and the shop foreman will be having a little meeting.

On the way to the dealership though, Crystal was following me to give me a ride back, and at a stopsign we we're inching forward and her foot slipped the peddle and she gave me a little love tap. At first inspection I thought everything was ok. No visual damage, no paint scratches, nothing...so we drove on to the dealership and went through all of their B.S. and when I got the car back I was so pissed off at the dealership that I popped the two front tires off...Getting the jack out was the biggest battle I had ever had with a car in my life....The carpet cove was caught under a body panel so I end up having to fight to get it out, then the spare tire bolt is on so tight I have to use a screwdriver as a pry bar because I can't even turn it by hand, then the tire is stuck in there...so I yank it out...Jack the car up, and Crystal comes out to check up on me, see how everything is going, and I hear "uhhh...honey, how closely did you look at this?" Turns out the bumper was out of alignment by about 1/4--1/2in at the passanger side body line where it meets the fender, the trunk won't latch, the rear wall of the trunk is effed up (explains the tire situation) and yeah....

I'm not pissed about any of the rear-ending crap...I realize ***** happens, you take care of it, move on, and get over it...It's just been a rough couple days with the goat lately.

Stock suspension will be replaced with a full Pedders system by SCCA T2 GTO racer Chris Brannen once I save up the money...


STRUT RUB PHOTOS:

Where the strut sits still (wheels perfectly straight)


My Passanger Side Front Tire:


Drivers Side Front:


Strut:

 

Damn dude, sucks about all that. Hope the dealership gets their heads outa their asses and fixes the problem, even though thats gonna take alot to even get em to think about doin that.

 

damn that sucks..

 

good luck!

 

thats the same thing that my tires did... i didnt know about the alignment thing... good to know now 500 dollars for tires and allignment later

 

Guys, Alot of your trouble is in your struts and struts mounts... GM really dropped the ball on the GTO suspension.... Feel free to PM me or give me a call and I can explain in more detail what is going on with your car to give you some more ammunition at the dealer.

You may also want to check out www.PeddersUSA.com We are a dealer for this product and it is absolutely second to none!!!!!! It will cure all of your problems and actually comes with a warranty 100 times better than ANY GM warranty you will find

Ron

 

How did I know you were gonna post

Always tryin to make a buck. Thanks for the help tho RON

 

i think this is really common for most if not all gto owners... i think roy's dad's gto had the same problems. I saw that car in person and the first thing i said was, hey thats a bit out of alignment there huh? tires were bald on the inside, just like that.

 

Sorry Ron but I've already talked to Chris Brannen (SCCA T2 GTO Racer) and He will be doing my suspension install hopefully sometime in the spring. He's closer and who better to setup my suspenion that a well known road racer?

Everyone has the problem with their goats...the dealership seems to do nothing about it...sure the car handles great, but at the cost of eating through the tires, which most people will be willing to sacrifice a little bit of handeling for being able to put more than 10k on a set of tires.

They have revised alignment settings but no one seems to know about them...I'm going to fight with the dealership once I get my car back from the body shop.