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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 01:52 PM
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messed up front alignment?? wtf

i just drove bout a hundred miles to my girlfriends house, and it seemed to want to go to the right, and when i got here, it appears my front passenger side tire seems weird. almost like the bottom of the tire looks in too far( like when you take it off the jack stands)

I got a new spohn steering kit last year and got the car aligned at the same time.

any one else have this?
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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Re: messed up front alignment?? wtf

maybe the strut mount is loose and it moved?
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 04:29 PM
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Re: messed up front alignment?? wtf



I would check for loose nuts/bolts, that they failed to fully tighten after the alignment was done. Both on the strut tower & everywhere else.
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 06:14 PM
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Re: messed up front alignment?? wtf

i checked, and eveything seems tight.
Could it be that my tie rod is not adjusted right? or tightened to far?

its killin the outer tread of my new Falken tire=[
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 06:20 PM
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Re: messed up front alignment?? wtf

Originally Posted by cprmn14
i checked, and eveything seems tight.
Could it be that my tie rod is not adjusted right? or tightened to far?

its killin the outer tread of my new Falken tire=[
How long ago was it done & how many miles have you been driving it like that?

I've gone around the block, pulled back in...."Its not right...You need to realign it again."
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Old Apr 18, 2010 | 06:35 PM
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Re: messed up front alignment?? wtf

well i got it done last september, and stored it in november. i thought i noticed it alittle bit but it does good in town.

on the highway is when its bad, like 65 and up.

but i got it out like a month ago and it just seems to have gotten alot worse
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Old Apr 19, 2010 | 06:29 AM
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Re: messed up front alignment?? wtf

regardless, shes goin to the alignment sho today.

btw, nice T/A Stephen
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