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Neg camber and bad handling + pulling to the right?

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Old 11-22-14, 08:58 PM
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Default Neg camber and bad handling + pulling to the right?

So I've gotten my car aligned twice by the same place and my car still pulls to the right. Is this normal? I can't even let go of my steering wheel for even a second without it changing lanes by itself. And also, every little bump makes the steering wheel turn and the place told me that mean it's a good alignment. Ya or no. Both my front and rear are around -6 to -8 camber if that helps

He also said the car will tend to go in the direction of the bumps but how come my car never pulls to the left LOL
Old 11-22-14, 10:29 PM
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Post a picture of your alignment specs, Andrew.
Old 11-22-14, 10:34 PM
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^^ Why is there no alignment spec sheet!?

Could also be the grading of the road.
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Ok here's the numbers! I had to some crazy editing to make the numbers show since it was printed in black and white..
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Ok here's the numbers! I had to some crazy editing to make the numbers show since it was printed in black and white.. If you can't zoom in, it says -7 front and -8 rear. .05 toe in front and .20 toe in rear. I have no Megan toe arm.
Old 11-23-14, 09:21 AM
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Caster angle would determine if the car pulls, your caster looks good... Now your camber is way, way off but that most likely will just cause extreme inner tire wear not a pull... In many cases the tire will cause a pull, to determine this cross the two front tires, if the car pulls the opposite way its a tire problem.
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Looks like they did the best they could with what you've given them. I'm thinking you're coming to the realization that the "aggressive" wheel setup might not be a great setup for DD'ing.
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Originally Posted by Gville350
Looks like they did the best they could with what you've given them. I'm thinking you're coming to the realization that the "aggressive" wheel setup might not be a great setup for DD'ing.
I'm seriously just like fml at this point. What have I done LOL. Requires too much damn effort to drive this thing. Good thing I have half of the supplies for a bagged set up already. Bout to make my life a lot easier
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You're camber specs are pretty aggressive but as long as both sides are even you shouldn't have any pulling issues. Does this alignment shop have experience with aligning slammed cars? Bad handling is a trait of excessive negative camber, not much you can do about it. Slammed cars tie rods are at extreme angles, when you go over a bump, you'll really notice. It's called bump steer and can be corrected if you buy aftermarket outer tie rod ends. I don't know if they are available for the 2IS but Megan makes some outer tie rods with spacers to bring the tire rod angle back to stock.
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Yeah ok at this point I don't think it's worth it to stunt like this. Making driving so much worse tbh. Ima get my bags set up done within a month. I'll just air up to around -3 camber driving height and air down parked to -7 hopefully.
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Anyone else have anything to say about it. I find it too hard to drive with one hand now and maybe my handling is also bad bc I didn't put my hub centric rings on the wheel yet so there's some vibrations as well
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