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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 10:07 AM
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Alignment/tire question

So my car was tapped and my alignment went off, after 2 manual alignment and 1 computerized it was perfect i rotated my tires also and it felt perfect but now i feel like its doing it again, maybe its in my head.. I feel like my car drifts after a few seconds ever so slightly with no hands on certain roads but on others it will hold straight for a while, my friend says everything is good and im super ****. I know the alignments good because the shops a good tire place, and my cars in spec, i filled my tires to 32 front and 29 rear cold which means the psi goes up about 4 when warm. The tires are not oem though. Btw most roads are **** here. If i set my cold pressure like 2 pounds lower will it make the tires grip the road more and not butt ride the road crown? My tires are sumho or sumno or some cheapo brand but i believe they are decent. Thoughts?
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 10:45 AM
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Either get the frame put on a rack to make sure it's straight or accept the fact that the Evo is set up aggressively and will follow road ruts and the slope of the road
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 10:56 AM
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Did you really need to start a new thread with the exact same question?
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by llDemonll
Either get the frame put on a rack to make sure it's straight or accept the fact that the Evo is set up aggressively and will follow road ruts and the slope of the road
The car was backed into at under 5mph and the performance shop check that and said it was good and the tire shop probably would have noticed that too. Thats a bit far fetched
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Raptord
Did you really need to start a new thread with the exact same question?
Sorry i thought this section might have been dead because no one posted for a while
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 01:59 PM
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Originally Posted by llDemonll
Either get the frame put on a rack to make sure it's straight or accept the fact that the Evo is set up aggressively and will follow road ruts and the slope of the road
The car was backed into at under 5mph and the performance shop check that and said it was good and the tire shop probably would have noticed that too. Thats a bit far fetched
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by deadstockkpomp
The car was backed into at under 5mph and the performance shop check that and said it was good and the tire shop probably would have noticed that too. Thats a bit far fetched
You're here asking, I'm giving answers. If you don't like the answers and don't want to ate advice, don't post your question. If you trust the performance shop then trust them, but putting the car on a frame rack is the easiest way to make sure it's straight
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 05:54 PM
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I think i have a sagging spring or failing strut in the rear right that can be contributing. With lower tire pressure the car drives like an arrow so im assuming the roads are crowned here. I also decided to meausure door jams and parts of the car from the strut towers (front and back) to fixed bolts on the car, everything was the same on both sides so i think its safe to say my evos good. All of this info matches the performance shop saying the cars in spec and the succesful computerized wheel alignment at the tire shop. Lets keep in mind this is all from a fender bender when a car backed into me, yes im pretty crazy .

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