Drifting with Comptech/Koni setup

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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 01:46 PM
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Drifting with Comptech/Koni setup

My Dad's had this setup on his car for about 5k.

See: http://www.acura-cl.com/forums/showt...=comptech+koni

Anyway, the car has started to drift at highway speeds if hands aren't on the steering wheel at all times. It's just a subtle drift (even on flat surfaces), it doesn't pull like an alignment problem, and it doesn't tend to go only to one side. I rarely drive the car and mine still has a stock suspension. So I'm not sure if this is normal with the comptech/koni setup. My Dad seems to think the problem is getting worse. Anybody experience this same issue?
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 02:03 PM
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I've got the same setup as your pops. No drifting here. On a straight road if i let go of the wheel it remains straight.

If he's had it on that way for only 5k i can't imagine a major problem. How many miles on the tires?
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 02:07 PM
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damn sucks man, its probably the alignment
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 02:33 PM
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Originally posted by Chaptorial
If he's had it on that way for only 5k i can't imagine a major problem. How many miles on the tires?
If I remember correctly he's got about 22k on his stock tires. What pisses me off is that I'm sure the dealership that put them on is going to give us the runaround.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 08:46 PM
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anybody else have any ideas?
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 08:50 PM
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it's either alignment or tires.

he should try X rotating the tires first.
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Old Dec 30, 2003 | 10:07 PM
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One or a combo of 3 things...

1) tire pressure
2) alignment
3) radial pull (tire imperfection ... rare)

Like mattg said... try cross rotation first (after you check and equalize all tire pressures). If rotation and tire pressure check don't work, get an alignment.
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