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Your pictures don't indicte anything excessive visually. A certain amount of negative camber and inside edge tire wear is normal for a 9-3.
Your main complaint is drifting or pulling. That's usually a tire issue. Seldom does alignment help. A little camber here and there doesn't affect a pull or a drift. Front toe settings affect steering response, but generally doesn't make the car go one way or the other. Rear toe (not camber) settings can affect a pull or drift.
Swap the front tires first, left front with the right front, there's no prohibition against changing the rotational direction of modern radials, and see if your pulling or drifting stays the same.
How bad is it? Does the car change lanes when you let go of the wheel? Or is a gentle drift? One test is the "6 second rule", at freeway speeds on a level freeway, will the car stay in it's lane for 6 seconds?
It's very easy to become hypersensitive to pulling and drifiting issues. Once you notice it you fixate on it and it begins to bug you.
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Posts in this Thread:
- Camber issue continued (pics), RyanSC, Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:39:11
- Re: Camber issue continued (pics), SeeVTSaab, Fri, 12 Nov 2004 05:30:35
- Camber looks normal..., Mike Lynch
, Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:02:12 <-- Viewing This Message - Here's the plan, RyanSC, Thu, 11 Nov 2004 15:26:12
- Re: Camber issue continued (pics), sean, Thu, 11 Nov 2004 13:14:34
- Re: Camber issue continued (pics), yo eddy, Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:39:00
- No struts on the rear, Dean, Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:34:14
- some more food for thought.., RyanSC, Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:44:00
- pic 2, RyanSC, Thu, 11 Nov 2004 10:40:00
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