Lowered car 20mm-- PROBLEMS--help please. Options

[basho]

I've just installed Kinsprings (local brand of lower than stock springs) in my 1998 ST204 which I wrapped so they gave a 20mm drop front and rear , at the same time I installed 2 new rear Boge struts (fronts are good) had camber pins installed left side to take out the excess neg camber (right side is good) and a complete wheel alignment done by a reputable suspension shop.

They also straightened up my steering wheel which was at 10 to 12 when going straight forward to being quarter to and quarter past when going straight ahead.

And the car pulls to the left.

I then took it to another reputable suspension shop who spent 3 hours aligning rotating wheels etc.

And the car pulls to the left.

Has anyone else had this happen--(in any car} ???

I'm stumped--help please !!!!!

[basho]

Thanks for the reply's everyone..

Camber bolts--only used on the side that had picked up excessive camber because of the lowering (-1.04 front and rear passenger side) the other side (drivers) -0.4 didn't need correction.

After a read of supension basics I have figured that it's the castor that was the problem.

I had lowered the front and rear to sit at exactly the same hight---bad move-- the front needs to sit 5-10mm lower to maintain its factory castor attitude.

Castor is not adjustable on this car , or if it is IFIIK how--the only way I could think of would maybe to have adjustable bushes in the rear lower trailing arms---I'm guessing , I realy don't know.

I have however removed the 5mm of plastic spring seating I had put on the front coils as a hieght leveler restoring close to factory front to rear hieghts and horay, the pulling to the left has nearly gone.

I have found however that I have a dead front strut on the drivers side and that the main bushes in the rear trailing arms are like bungy rubber.

As the soft bushes (left one is terrible) will give an uneven tracking this will also contribute to the castor being uneven on one side and this also causes the car to pull.

I am cautiously opptimistic that when I fix these next week my problems with this will be resolved.

It's a puzzle to me why the experts couldn't figure this out , as is the fact that the 2 lower strut nuts and bolts on one side of the car were only finger tight.

They were very professional at lightening my wallet though.

This post has been edited by basho: Jan 8, 2011 - 12:57 AM