Car Needs Alignment. I need Help.
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Car Needs Alignment. I need Help. Okay,
I have stock springs on, and for some reason, after driving around for a year or so on my skinnies, I went to go put my stock tires back on on the front and noticed my car pulls to the left. I assume this is a alignment problem. Im just wondering why I didn't notice the alignment being off (pulling to the left) when I had the skinnies on.
so, its off to the alignment shop tomorrow.
What should i tell them? What kind of caster do i want? I dont Autocross, but i do dragrace. The cars driven every day.
it has LCA's, with relocation brackets, BMR Torque Arm, and stock shocks.
thanks
jack <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
I have stock springs on, and for some reason, after driving around for a year or so on my skinnies, I went to go put my stock tires back on on the front and noticed my car pulls to the left. I assume this is a alignment problem. Im just wondering why I didn't notice the alignment being off (pulling to the left) when I had the skinnies on.
so, its off to the alignment shop tomorrow.
What should i tell them? What kind of caster do i want? I dont Autocross, but i do dragrace. The cars driven every day.
it has LCA's, with relocation brackets, BMR Torque Arm, and stock shocks.
thanks
jack <img border="0" alt="[cheers]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_cheers.gif" />
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Re: Car Needs Alignment. I need Help. bad tires could be the cause of the pulling... try putting your rear tires up front and see if it still pulls
factory allignment settings are fine for drag racing.. but if you go to a shop that doesn't know the settings...
something like:
0 camber
4.0 degrees caster
1/16"-1/8" toe in
would work fine.. those aren't the factory settings though
factory allignment settings are fine for drag racing.. but if you go to a shop that doesn't know the settings...
something like:
0 camber
4.0 degrees caster
1/16"-1/8" toe in
would work fine.. those aren't the factory settings though
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Re: Car Needs Alignment. I need Help. same thing happened to my car when i pulled off my 18s and put my 17s back on. but the car pulls to the left. however, i did have a little incident where my rear tires broke loose and the car fished into a curb. both right side wheels are jacked up. im bringing it in to the dealership tomorrow to see what they can figure out. man this sucks!
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Re: Car Needs Alignment. I need Help. hmmm..
bald tires?
My Eagle F1's in the front are pretty bald. Can a bald tire REALLy CAUSE the car to pull to the left???
I have the Nitto DR's in the rear. Maybe swap them and throw them on in the front andsee if the problem is still there?
ProckpB: Thanks for the settings!!!
bald tires?
My Eagle F1's in the front are pretty bald. Can a bald tire REALLy CAUSE the car to pull to the left???
I have the Nitto DR's in the rear. Maybe swap them and throw them on in the front andsee if the problem is still there?
ProckpB: Thanks for the settings!!!
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Re: Car Needs Alignment. I need Help. </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by SSBoy:
<strong>hmmm..
bald tires?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">they don't have to be bald to be bad tires... we have 4 work trucks.. we get bad tires every now and then.. and they're not bald at all... just depends...
we bought an old dodge once and it drove like **** down the road, it was real tough to keep it going in a straight line; put new tires on it, and it felt like i was driving a cadillac and all driving problems dissappeared
i've ran into curbs before and the truck starts to pull to the side because the tire has been damaged
<small>[ June 18, 2002, 05:36 PM: Message edited by: prockbp ]</small>
<strong>hmmm..
bald tires?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">they don't have to be bald to be bad tires... we have 4 work trucks.. we get bad tires every now and then.. and they're not bald at all... just depends...
we bought an old dodge once and it drove like **** down the road, it was real tough to keep it going in a straight line; put new tires on it, and it felt like i was driving a cadillac and all driving problems dissappeared
i've ran into curbs before and the truck starts to pull to the side because the tire has been damaged
<small>[ June 18, 2002, 05:36 PM: Message edited by: prockbp ]</small>
