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Old 19 May 2012, 05:00 PM
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The weekend before last I had 4 wheel alignment done on my v5 sti as it was wearing the inside of the rear tyres off. I was there while this was carried out and the guy doing the alignment said the rear was a mile out and the front was out a tiny bit. Since I've had this done the car seems to follow small ridges in the road and sometimes seems to get stuck to white lines and things like that .
Do you think this is an alignment issue or is something worn out on the suspension?
Old 19 May 2012, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by burbling1
The weekend before last I had 4 wheel alignment done on my v5 sti as it was wearing the inside of the rear tyres off. I was there while this was carried out and the guy doing the alignment said the rear was a mile out and the front was out a tiny bit. Since I've had this done the car seems to follow small ridges in the road and sometimes seems to get stuck to white lines and things like that .
Do you think this is an alignment issue or is something worn out on the suspension?
i noticed this when i had my alignment done after my coilovers where fitted and i had my drop links arb's and anti lift kit fitted too so all my suspension stuuff is new.
Old 19 May 2012, 05:07 PM
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What wheels are on it? mine tramlined like mad with 18s on, went to 17s and its spot on
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Old 19 May 2012, 05:08 PM
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mine has 18's
Old 19 May 2012, 05:13 PM
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mine has 18's
Mine was terrible, had it all set up by progrip in falkirk and it still done it, went to 17s and transformed the car, miss the look of them but the handling was terrible.
Old 19 May 2012, 09:27 PM
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I'm on 17's with 215/40/17 tyres.
Old 19 May 2012, 09:31 PM
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not changing my pf7s though.
the price of looking awesome!
Old 20 May 2012, 04:45 PM
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Yep get tramming. But looks good and feels good so who cares.
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Got standard 17s on my Sti bug. When the tyres are about 2/3rds worn the tramlining appears and gradually gets worse until it's unacceptable (but still legal). With new tyres the tramlining disappears.
Old 22 May 2012, 09:23 PM
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mine does it a bit again down to 18 s would have 17s but with 356mm discs and 8 pots its bit tight lol
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