Alignment results and weird steering
Just like many people on this forum, I have coilovers which i installed myself and preloaded both coils and bushings. It drives ok on the street, but on the freeway the steering wheel feels as if it wants to keep steering more to the right if the freeway is turning to the right at 65+ mph.
I got an alignment finally and these are my specs..

Could this weird pulling feel be fixed? Should I adjust my alignment settings? If so.. How?
I got an alignment finally and these are my specs..

Could this weird pulling feel be fixed? Should I adjust my alignment settings? If so.. How?
Most likely just a tire issue, rotate the front tires side to side and see if the car pulls to the left.
If they're directional and it's raining where you're at then hold till it's dry, running a directional in reverse direction in the rain is not safe.
If they're directional and it's raining where you're at then hold till it's dry, running a directional in reverse direction in the rain is not safe.
Agree with rotating tires left to right to see if it's a tire issue. First the fronts. If that doesn't change the pull, then swap the rears. If pull doesn't change direction, then tires are eliminated as the culprit.
FTR, from tests I've seen of running directional tires backwards, it makes practically no difference in wet grip. Still, you may as well swap them back after testing!
Alignment:
Looks symmetrical, good that they evened out the caster, but front vs. rear camber seems a bit extreme. With 3.5 negative camber in back, I would have preferred they evened out the fronts by increasing the rightside to 1-1/2 rather then decreasing left to 3/4. Knocking rear camber down to 2.5 would improve rear tire life a bit, too...
I also would have kept 0 toe up front and 1/8" in back. 1/4" will seriously impact your rear tire life. In my case, that much cut tire life in half actually made the handling more squirrelly (stock AP1).
FTR, from tests I've seen of running directional tires backwards, it makes practically no difference in wet grip. Still, you may as well swap them back after testing!
Alignment:
Looks symmetrical, good that they evened out the caster, but front vs. rear camber seems a bit extreme. With 3.5 negative camber in back, I would have preferred they evened out the fronts by increasing the rightside to 1-1/2 rather then decreasing left to 3/4. Knocking rear camber down to 2.5 would improve rear tire life a bit, too...
I also would have kept 0 toe up front and 1/8" in back. 1/4" will seriously impact your rear tire life. In my case, that much cut tire life in half actually made the handling more squirrelly (stock AP1).
Thanks ZDan... I think I will need to try the front tire swap.. Those tires came with the wheels soooo since I dont know the history of em.. It could be the culprit.. I might bring the rear camber back in a little bit as suggested..
Gottabfast.. Tires have adequate pressure.. I think new front tires might fix it since theyre old.. we shall see..
Gottabfast.. Tires have adequate pressure.. I think new front tires might fix it since theyre old.. we shall see..
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I'd bring the rear toe back down to 1/8" total as well, that will have a greater impact on rear tire life than the camber. I'd still bring the camber down to 2-2.5 as well
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