Has anyone with aftermarket wheels have problems even after getting an alignment? my car is still pulling to the right. a problem i have everytime i put aftermarket rims on a car.

 

My car pulls to the right with stock setup. Already aligned once after 3 months. It's been another 9 months after that first alignment and it's pulling to the right again for me. I was waiting to put springs on before I realign, but money is tight so I may just align.

 

I noticed that my car pulls to the right with my aftermarket rims and tires. I have had two or three alignments since lowering and then raising back to stock (long story), the car still pulls to the right. Firestone said it is pulling to the right because of the tires and I have S03, maybe because of uneven wear.

 

thats really odd. my tires are brand new. about 300 miles on them. thats really odd. so no one could come to a solution with this problem i guess.

 

balanced properly?

 

yea the place i took it at did a great job. they even gave me a read out. i mean the pull to the right was a lot better then before i got it aligned but its still bad enough that i can let go of the steering wheel and it will pull to the right in a couple of feet.

 

Check your tires to see if they have a "curb guard" on them. It is a raised bead around the tire where it mounts to the wheel. Most places (I have had the experience) cannot mount their alignment equipment on aftermarket rims with tires that have the curb guard. Find someone who can do it. Some places actually deflate the tires to mount the equipment, then reflate to align. The last place to do that finally aligned my car properly.

 

no curb guard man. the alignment was done. i just can't figure out why its pulling to the right still..

 

Awhile back, a friend of mine with a similar problem was told to swap the two front tires with each other to see if the problem would go away. Not a permanent solution but a way to see if the tires themselves were contributing to the problem.

 

thanks for your reply but no can do. i have directional tires. i can only switch the rear with the front.

 

Usually the first thing an alignment shop will do is switch tires and check PSI if your car pulls after an alignment.

You could switch the tires just to see if that's the problem. It won't hurt the tires. The tread is just for wet weather driving otherwise we'd all be on slicks

Most of the roads are crowned so any car will pull to the right. Does it still pull in the farthest left lane?

Dan

 

are you sure they did a good job balancing them?

 

yeah they balanced it right. i had two different alignment shops check them. I'll try switching the tires.

 

I have the same problem, the car has a very noticable pull to the right. As soon as I let go of the steering wheel it immediately goes right, even the steering wheel will turn right on its own.

I had 2 Acura dealers take a look, including PAA. The final result they both said its the sport rated tires. I had alignments, re-balances, even a new front right tire, all pulls. But when I swap it with the rear tire, the pull is not as bad. So I thought it may be a bad rim. I have 2 spare rims (in case of scratches). But PAA didn't even check the rim when I was there last week for the 30k service. They just said it was the sport tires and the alignment is in perfect factory specs.

So on my own I may have the rims switched and see what happens.

 

thanks for the tip