took car to get alligned......

[Mustangless]

I have eibach prokit, and tokico 5 way shocks. Went to get that car alligned and they said they could not do it. They said that the frame is bent a little. They said it could have been caused by a pot hole.

Before my new suspension and wheels it pulled like a mad man to the right. The right wheel did not have weights on it so i figured that caused it. I don't think its been wrecked, buy the right wheel had a different tire, and the rim was messed up pretty bad. Could a pothole or curb do this?

 

[donkey_punch]

i know a pothole can bend a control arm. it happen to me, but not in my stang it was another car.
take it to another place and get a second shop to look at it.
with my work van the place i would take it to could never get it just right. and after a while of driving it would seem to losen up. and i would go throught tires like crazy. finally when the place that does all my mechanic work on the van bought a machine they did a better job. seems like the other place kept putting shims on something everytime i took it there. so my mechanic took them all out and started fresh. all is good now.

 

[nmcgrawj]

Did they tell you which part was bent? I second the notion of going somewhere else to get a second opinion. Might want to think about getting some CC plates too....those are on my list.

 

[deadlast]

i had a similer problem. When i bought my car, it had a bent tie rod. i got it replaced, and it wouldnt pull an alignment. Turns out my frame was bent, and some previous mechanic actually bent the tierod to pull an alignment. i just got my frame straigtened, and everything was fine. Bring it to a shop that specializes in frame repair, theyll tell you whats going on.

 

[mo_dingo]

You may just need CC plates and they just don't want to tell you that. get a second opinion.
Scott

 

[super302]

You may just need CC plates and they just don't want to tell you that. get a second opinion.
Scott

agreed

 

[Mustangless]

I was thinking cc plates. I was also thinking about taking it to a frame shop, that seems like it could cost me alot though.

I think before I get into all of that, I will get someone else to look at it.

 

[94-302-vert]

Exactly what were they not able to get in spec?

I vote CC plates as when I first did my plates and springs last year it pulled horribly to the left after. Once I used a tape measure to get the same amount of max caster on both sides it was better. then I re-eyeballed the camber (slight negative) and my tires have been wearing great since AND it doesn't pull at all, track the road, etc.

and I did all of this in my driveway / neighborhood... It is so close that I am not sure if I am going to get it aligned when I buy new tires this spring...

 

[Mustangless]

I was wrong, the wheels are normal looking.

I am going to let someone else try to fix this without the plates. I really don't want to spend $200 bucks on this..

If I did not say it before, I have the eibach prokit

 

[Mrgreen94gt]

I'll also say that it's probably the plates. You'd be surprised as to how many shops are totally ignorant about that possibility. Hell, one just looked at my plates like they were a freaking UFO.