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Old May 1, 2012 | 05:00 PM
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I have a 00 z28 and I noticed when I drive and let go of wheel it pulls abit to the right. My tires are balanced so I was thinking alignment. So I brought it to a local midas shop I use to work at. They lifted it up and they said my camber was off a bit cz part of the k member was bent ( where it meets the a arm) on driver side. What do you think? (Posting up pics) thx in advance
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Old May 1, 2012 | 05:29 PM
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cant really tell from the pics......but it would take alot to bend the factory K
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it could be .. but you would have had to hit something very hard for that to happen ..
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Ya I figured it would but I never crashed it and neither did other owner "so they say". What should I do?
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get a second opinion no offense against your friends
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None taken I rly dnt trust them w my car, I jus use the shop to use the lift. I've been looking for a good place here in nj to take it to.
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just take the car to get aligned its like 80 bucks at most places before your tires get f'ed up
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Well my front driverside tire needs to be changed soon but its not major wear.
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Originally Posted by bwkmaro
just take the car to get aligned its like 80 bucks at most places before your tires get f'ed up
Even if the k member is bent, will I be able to get an alignment?
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