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Old Dec 21, 2007 | 10:41 AM
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Lowered cobalt now pulls to one side.

My friend just put some eibach lowering springs on his SS/SC. now it pulls hard to one side. everything has been checked.(tires rotated, aligned, Caster and camber all ok) Is this common? Please help. He got the Sportline Springs.
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Old Dec 21, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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Tire pressure? It said rotated but what about pressure? Other than that I'd have to go with weight.........
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Old Dec 21, 2007 | 10:44 AM
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obviously something is off.... did you get it aligned at a good place? are you sure it really was done right? and on top of that, was it pulling when it was aligned, or shortly after?

^^^ man makes a good point as well
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Old Dec 21, 2007 | 10:45 AM
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order shims for the rear
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Old Dec 21, 2007 | 10:46 AM
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not to sound stupid... but what are rear shims gonna do for pulling to one side?
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Old Dec 21, 2007 | 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Co|3aLt $$
not to sound stupid... but what are rear shims gonna do for pulling to one side?
i have the same problem with my lowered balt, the reason is the rear is not adjustable for camber or toe. the only fix is to put shims on there so it can be adjusted.
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Old Dec 21, 2007 | 10:50 AM
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ahh, that makes sense now. that' kinda crappy with the rear tho...
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Old Dec 21, 2007 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Co|3aLt $$
ahh, that makes sense now. that' kinda crappy with the rear tho...
not really, it's an easy fix, the shims are only like 30 bucks
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Old Dec 22, 2007 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by jimbos'ss
i have the same problem with my lowered balt, the reason is the rear is not adjustable for camber or toe. the only fix is to put shims on there so it can be adjusted.
uh its a dependant rear end the camber and toe wont change when you lower it bud
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Old Dec 22, 2007 | 10:55 PM
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check for spring sag. measure the car's corner's on a flat level surface. allways make tire pressure even and if it still pull's you got a bad alignment..
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by CARLYLE
uh its a dependant rear end the camber and toe wont change when you lower it bud
uhmm yah it does, it has a factory set camber and toe angle for the stock ride height. and it's non adjustable so shims are the only fix
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by jimbos'ss
uhmm yah it does, it has a factory set camber and toe angle for the stock ride height. and it's non adjustable so shims are the only fix
yes i know that but with a dependant rear end those angles wont change unless you broke somethin
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 02:51 PM
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Originally Posted by CARLYLE
yes i know that but with a dependant rear end those angles wont change unless you broke somethin
actually they will change with ride height, the lower the car goes the more your toe will be off, the reason i know this is because i had an alignment done when i dropped my car on sportlines it was off, then when i dropped it again on coilovers the toe was off again just worse. the lower i went the more the rear toe was off.
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Old Dec 24, 2007 | 02:59 PM
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well, coming from a 350z (i would assume from your name) is it always? or are you sure he's just not getting the good ole torque steer?

otherwise sounds like an allignment, but you said you already did that.
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