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After alignment, still pulling to the right... what to do?

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Old 03-25-09 | 11:25 AM
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Default After alignment, still pulling to the right... what to do?

So I just got my car in December (only about 5K miles on it). Since purchase, I put on 19" Wheels, New Tires, and Lowering Springs.

After all that, I notice my car now pulling to the right. Got an alignment done, and I'm STILL pulling to the right. What do I do? Got the alignment at the dealership and they said they got everything within spec...
Old 03-25-09 | 11:39 AM
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how bad does it pull to the right? you could check your tire pressure.
Old 03-25-09 | 12:06 PM
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not the tire pressure... all good 35 fronts, 38 rears
Old 03-25-09 | 12:09 PM
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my car still pulls to the right too. you have to have lexus move the whole cradle or whatever its called. its cricked or something like that. hmm idk what its called but you have to have the car up in the air and loosen two bolts or something and move the whole engine forward/backwards or something like that. i've been too lazy to get mine done and bother my brother at lexus
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I had the same issue on my previous 08. They did the alignment about 4 times and always said it was perfect.

Went to a performance wheels shop in Seattle (forgot name) that only deal with high end sports car suspensions and such. They did my alignment and said it was out of spec and fixed it.

I brought the reciept to the dealer and showed them. They refunded me the cost.
Old 03-25-09 | 07:14 PM
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i just had this same issue the last two days.

took them 4 times to get it right. Make sure the wheel is straight and that they double check the numbers and move the wheel around after they adjust the toe. I looked at the screen each time and the toe was in spec but the next time they put it up again it was off.

Finally the last guy that did it, adjusted it and went thru the whole turning the wheels and initializing the machine again to get the final reading. Most techs just adjust it and take it off without rechecking.

the last guy also read all the notes in the Hunter computer regarding the IS. They got alignment notes on what they should and should not do.
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