alignment question?

[kab2288]

new member asking for some advice. i just had my vehicle lowered and after taking it to a shop for alignment it is now pulling to the right worse than before. they tried to tell me i needed to get the camber fixed($600. estimate) but after researching i can deal with a little tire wear. shouldn't the car still drive straight down the road if they did the alignment right? any help is appreciated

[theflipimage]

Originally Posted by kab2288

new member asking for some advice. i just had my vehicle lowered and after taking it to a shop for alignment it is now pulling to the right worse than before. they tried to tell me i needed to get the camber fixed($600. estimate) but after researching i can deal with a little tire wear. shouldn't the car still drive straight down the road if they did the alignment right? any help is appreciated

sounds like they did a bad job...

get a second opinion from another shop...

the first shop should at least have set your toe to stock specs...

though it would be best to have 0 deg toe all around to minimize wear...

[skullzgsr]

Camber generally will not cause the vehicle to pull, the toe or the caster being out of spec will cause a pull. Most shops should be able to give you a print out of the specs before and after your alignment, I'd bring it back to them to at least give you a print out so you can see what exactly is out of spec and from there you can figure out what exactly needs to be done to correct the problem.

[kommon_sense]

Originally Posted by kab2288

new member asking for some advice. i just had my vehicle lowered and after taking it to a shop for alignment it is now pulling to the right worse than before. they tried to tell me i needed to get the camber fixed($600. estimate) but after researching i can deal with a little tire wear. shouldn't the car still drive straight down the road if they did the alignment right? any help is appreciated

A good camber kit is about $150 and takes about 1hr to install. However that is not your problem. If the car is pulling, that is a toe problem *OR* something is damaged.

I would speak directly with the shop manager. Camber will not cause your car to pull. Either way if it is pulling worse than it did before they touched it, then they messed up. Quite possible whoever did the work did not center the steering wheel properly before adjusting the toe.