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Topic: Alignment and Caster/Camber Plate questions
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TrueBlue
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Ok here is the scenario...
I was running Stock Struts with Eibach Pro-Kit springs and my alignment was right on and did not require CC Plates.
Currently I am running Bilstein Struts with Eibach Pro-Kit springs and now my car pulls to the left but Big-O tires claims my alignment is ok...????? He said that my cars caster cannot be adjusted but it is good. Ok how can my alignment look ok on thier rack but my car pulls to the left.. Should I be ordering the CC plates?
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z pyro
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i thought toe in/out affected pull... ![[Confused]](confused.gif) but what the hell do I know? (probably not much)
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S351-R
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Does it actually "pull" or "drift"? Sometimes tires can cause a "pulling" sensation. Try swapping the front tires side-to-side (or if they are directional, front-to-back) and see if it still "pulls".
[ December 01, 2003, 08:44 PM: Message edited by: saleenfan ]
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BlackNGold
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quote:
Originally posted by TrueBlue:
but Big-O tires claims my alignment is ok...????? He said that my cars caster cannot be adjusted but it is good.
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If your car is lowered you might be using up all of the caster adjustment up, but caster IS adjustable on stock cc plates...
Are there still small factory rivets in the stock cc plates?....
After market cc plates allow for more adjustment than the stock cc plates...Steeda and Maximum Motorsports use sperical bearings instead of bushings which is another benefit...
I hate to say it, but you need to either take it back to Big O and have them do it again, or try and get your money back and go somewhere else... ![[patriot]](graemlins/patriot.gif)
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TrueBlue
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They tried rotating front to back but it did nothing, I knew it wouldn't. AS for it drifting or pulling...on the highway it drifts on uneven city streets it pulls. I will be ordering MM plates soon and have them installed hopefully this will help. These Goodyear F1 seemed to increase the bumpsteer feeling as well.
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S351-R
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Originally posted by TrueBlue:
They tried rotating front to back but it did nothing, I knew it wouldn't
Alright, at least that rules out the tires as the cause. Is there anyway you could post the alignment readings? That may help.
Posts: 344 | From: Earth | Registered: Jul 2002
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S351-R
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Originally posted by Black94 5.0:
If your car is lowered you might be using up all of the caster adjustment up, but caster IS adjustable on stock cc plates...[/QB]
Just a correction. That would actually be camber not caster. Caster is not adjustable with the stock plates.
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BlackNGold
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saleenfan~Your totally right.. ![[Mad]](mad.gif)
-I dunno what I was thinkin ![[Embarrassed]](redface.gif)
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