drifiting to the left

[FreshMeat]

I installed my MR strut bar and afterwards went out for a drive. The difference can be felt right away. The steering felt so much tighter with the MR front and TRD rear. But it seems to track to the left a little. Any help on this?

[shrumdude]

Alignment?

[DopeCelicaGT]

Originally posted by shrumdude
Alignment?

That is what it sounds like to me. However, I must ask, "Did you install the strut bar with the car on level ground?" If you installed it on an unlevel surface then this can create all kinds of weird handling issues. Try taking it off and pulling your car onto the most level spot you can find and then reinstall it to see if that does anything, if not it is most likely an alignment issue.

[FreshMeat]

yeah it was on level ground. The alignment can be messed up from a strut bar?

[DopeCelicaGT]

Originally posted by FreshMeat
yeah it was on level ground. The alignment can be messed up from a strut bar?

No it shouldn't be, but I guess it could be that it was messed up or out of align before but you just noticed it more since you installed the strut bar.

[mackeywatson]

In my old car i was drifting to the side a LOT, and I thought my car's alignment was totally whack, but it turned out I just needed to rotate the tires. Everything was straight as an arrow after that.