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Old 02-24-16, 06:38 PM
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THE WHITE PIECE OF PAPER IS FROM THE LAST PLACE

I have been to four shop and no one can fix the pulling to the right.

Here's the status of the car. I have stock Bridgestone potenza tires on the 19" f sport wheels
I have flipped the front tires and I still get the pull to the right

Tires have 3000 miles on them and I hope I put them back on the car right, being that they are non directional.

I have a tanabe spring install.

Car gets up to around 50 miles an hour and starts to pull right.

Alignment numbers are spot on. I will post numbers tomorrow when I get the sheet out of car.

What could be the problem? We fixed the toes, camber is off in rear because of the lowering.





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ok pictures are posted of the alignments. hope you guys can help me out a lot
Old 02-25-16, 11:52 AM
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were the springs cut? i remember a long time ago i picked up some springs that had 1 coil cut and although the alignment was spot on the car pulled to the right
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did they reset the yaw sensor after?

Did you try a dealership?
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I don't think you can complain to them if you have a modified suspension.
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Springs are brand new

Sensor didn't need to be reset and I check the tire pressure manually.

And I don't think the dealership would be able to get the job done being that the car has been lowered
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I could be totally wrong for thinking this, but my steering seems to pull a little bit whatever way the road is slanted... so most of the time it pulls right. When I am on a road that slants left, it pulls left. Not pulling real hard, but definitely pulling. If I am on a flat road it's straight. I have noticed this slight pull even immediately after alignments.

I believe the pulling is more than I've noticed in other cars, but I only own/drive one car so I have nothing to compare it to regularly. I don't know if the electric steering has something to do with it, but I had never driven a car with electric steering before this one and never noticed this as much. Is it possible the steering is more sensitive/prone to pull a little in this car, possibly because it's electronically assisted?

FWIW, my suspension is completely unmodified.
Old 02-25-16, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by CottageChz
I could be totally wrong for thinking this, but my steering seems to pull a little bit whatever way the road is slanted... so most of the time it pulls right. When I am on a road that slants left, it pulls left. Not pulling real hard, but definitely pulling. If I am on a flat road it's straight. I have noticed this slight pull even immediately after alignments.

I believe the pulling is more than I've noticed in other cars, but I only own/drive one car so I have nothing to compare it to regularly. I don't know if the electric steering has something to do with it, but I had never driven a car with electric steering before this one and never noticed this as much. Is it possible the steering is more sensitive/prone to pull a little in this car, possibly because it's electronically assisted?

FWIW, my suspension is completely unmodified.
I do feel that this car's steering is more sensitive than my CT, it doesn't like road crowns.. As long as it tracks straight on flats ur good. If it seems to pull to only one direction regardless of road crowns then u have a problem.
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I have a tanabe spring install.
Get rid of the non-standard suspension setup and your problems will likely disappear. Your car may not look as "cool" but your driving experience will improve.
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My car seemed to pull before i put in my springs. Im wondering if its not the fault of the crappy stock potenza tires that come with the car
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