I finally got my car back from the garage.
My 2.3CL has been in & out for the past month or so.

As some of you might recall, after I installed my new 18s, KYB GR-2 and Neuspeed srpings, I felt like the whole setup was wrong.
-Car not driving straight
-Enormous vibrations
-Balance issues
-Alignement problems

My mechanic took off the wheels, springs and shocks yet again and re-installed them to make me feel better about it.
He did alignement again, as well as balance.

I drive my car... adn guess what fucking happens. It severely drifts when i drive, and the steering wheel shakes incredibly on the freeway.

At this point, I'm really pissed.
Back to my mechanic. I tell him what just happened.
He feels a little exasperated and tells me to take my car to Belle Tire or any other major wheel/tire shop to align and balance my wheels and that he will pay for it.

Anyways, i go to Belle Tire, wait for 1hour.
They tell me my car is all set and ready to go...

Back on the freeway... same miserable and fucking problem!

It turns out the my rear passenger spring is 'weaker'. Indeed, the wheel gap on the passenger side is an inch higher than the driver side.


I bought the spring/shock combo from a forum member.


Do you guys think the car can act that weird just because of a weaker spring??

I trul appreciate it... but I want the car to drive at least straight and not have a steering wheel shaking horribly!

Thnx again for advice and thoughts

 

a spring coudlnt cause that, make sure the numbers on the spring are the same

you sure one of the wheels arnt bent?

 

Yea, sounds like a bent rim. A soft spring will only be noticable when traveling over bumbs or dips. The only way it could be a spring, is if the spring is completely shot.

 

Or tread seperation on one of your tires.

 

No bent rim.
I checked it out.

"tread seperation"? What the hell is this?

 

tread is seperated from the inner layers. i would think that the people balancing your wheels would have noticed if something was wayyy out of whack when they balanced them and would have told you. make sure all your lugs are tight