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Old May 29, 2018 | 12:20 PM
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Cool I forgot about all your old posts just figured U solved the problem. Hate to think ya been driving it all this time unfixed.
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Old May 29, 2018 | 07:36 PM
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Cool I forgot about all your old posts just figured U solved the problem. Hate to think ya been driving it all this time unfixed.
Well it took a long time to solve. I was almost getting used to it but never liked a car that wandered on the road. Car now drives like it should.
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Well it took a long time to solve. I was almost getting used to it but never liked a car that wandered on the road. Car now drives like it should.
I had the same problem with my LS it would always pull to the right even after 2 alignments. I got my alignment done by a very good alignment guy he took 2 hours, now the car drives straight as an arrow.
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Old May 30, 2018 | 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu
This thread is from 7 years ago ...

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls-...wandering.html

Thanks to everyone who tried to help. Problem is now solved after finally getting two things .... a mechanic who was able to do a proper alignment 5 months ago ( the first 4 couldn't and they were all shops who specialised in alignments ... ) and 4 new Pirelli P7 Plus all season tires 225 / 55 / 17 put on yesterday. My LS drives just perfect now. Because of driving the car with poor alignments all these years I ruined a set of Michelin MXV4s after maybe 20,000 miles. When I went to put them on last week they had plenty of tread but two tires looked very unsafe for highway speeds.

Now after all these years my car drives properly. I guess I will keep my LS another 7 years to 2025
What year and model LS do you have???
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Old Jun 1, 2018 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Stu
This thread is from 7 years ago ...

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/ls-...wandering.html

Thanks to everyone who tried to help. Problem is now solved after finally getting two things .... a mechanic who was able to do a proper alignment 5 months ago ( the first 4 couldn't and they were all shops who specialised in alignments ... ) and 4 new Pirelli P7 Plus all season tires 225 / 55 / 17 put on yesterday. My LS drives just perfect now. Because of driving the car with poor alignments all these years I ruined a set of Michelin MXV4s after maybe 20,000 miles. When I went to put them on last week they had plenty of tread but two tires looked very unsafe for highway speeds.

Now after all these years my car drives properly. I guess I will keep my LS another 7 years to 2025
Sorry, just not clear on what was different about the latest alignment job than the others? What was different about this approach? Were suspension parts replaced in order to achieve proper alignment?

TIA
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Old Jun 1, 2018 | 10:24 AM
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Sorry, just not clear on what was different about the latest alignment job than the others? What was different about this approach? Were suspension parts replaced in order to achieve proper alignment?

TIA
No parts were needed. Not sure what he did because I didn't watch. No idea what type of machine he used ..... Just a good mechanic who knew what he was doing and cared enough to do the job right !!!!!
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