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95se
08-25-2009, 10:22 PM
My suspension is stock besides spl tension rods. My car has been pulling to the right ever since new tigh rod ends (factory) and AGX struts were put in. The alignment was checked again by the shop and the computer said it was aligned. They said that the front subframe is probably not centered so they could try shifting it to see if that helps. I decided to take it to an alignment shop to see what they would say so I took it to Dallas frame & alignment, a place i read good reviews on, yesterday. They said basically the same thing that the front subframe needed to be centered. They basically use hydraulics to shift it. He also said there was quite a bit of camber and that might need to be fixed. I said well thats the way it was from the factory and he said yea that a lot of imports are like that because of the roads in Japan but taking the camber out wouldn't affect the handling that much. I thought that was why there was so much camber? I guess i thought all agressively tuned cars had this.. So i was like what about a corvette's suspension and he said no that the wheels of a corvette are straight up and down like they are supposed to be. I'm not really comfortable about what to get done about this.. Any opinions..

NINJASPY
08-25-2009, 10:34 PM
the hydraulics are probably the "frame puller" , what did he say about the roads in japan?? they have better roads than in the us. and they drive much slower. a vette does not need as much camber because the center of gravity is lower and they come with 285's+ in the front and 335's+ in the rear, and most people don't lower a vette at all, let alone 4-5+inches... LOL
and when you said "the alignment was checked again by the shop" was this an alignment shop? they just don't want to touch it again and get no money for it. or they fucked up and won't admit it.

take it to another place...

95se
08-26-2009, 02:57 PM
I meant that the alignment was checked again by my mechanic shop, the one that did the tie rods and struts. Later I took it to dallas frame and alignment shop. They are the ones that said told me about the roads here are different than japan. Both places said the front subframe probably needed to be centered bec their computers showed it was aligned.