Well got an alignment today. My 2005 coupe was slightly going to the right and at high speeds in the highway the car shacked a little bit and felt like the tire was wobbling a bit. The alignment was done but the mechanic showed me my tire in the right front and it was half way wore down on the inner right tire side. He said that the only way to fix this problem was to change my front struts as they were showing some wear and needed changing. My car after the alignment still goes to the right a bit and the car still shakes at high speeds. He also said that my springs will need changing in the near future as well.

My car has 50k miles on it with the original stock suspension. Is this shop trying to get some money out of me, or is it time for me to get a new suspension?

If i need a new one, what do i need to buy (ie. struts, spring, shocks, etc...) and what is a cheap price to get back to OEM look.

Thanks.

 

from what i've heard, the OEM struts can go out from anywhere from 60k to 120k miles, depending on your driving. 50k seems a bit premature.

if you really need to replace everything, i'd get coilovers.

 

Thanx. Would you happen to know what my problem might be then. This is the second alignment that i have gotten with tires that have about 10k miles on them and they cant seem to correct anything from it. A while back, i was also told from a midas shop when I went to get an oil change, was that one of my rear shocks was leaking a bit. I still have not replaced that. here's a print out they gave me.

 

Springs don't usually wear out, and worn struts/shocks don't change your alignment. Post your after alignment specs.

 

Ok thanx. The attachment above are my after alignment specs that were giving to me at the alignment place.

 

The new specs look good. I'd get a second opinion on what might be causing the vibration at speed. I'd check wheel balance and suspension bushings/joints. If you can borrow someone else's wheels/tires for a test ride, that could tell you a lot.

 

If U went to Bigo tires and they said this its all bogus man reason saying is because they told me that i needed an alignment to gave me the ridiculous quote and told them i would get it checked but not right now. So i left them and went to another mechanic and they told me thaqt Big O tires does that to people to make more money ehich really pissed me off and he also checked my sturts and told me they were good an dnothing was wrong with them

 

seem like u need new cambers. camber kits will cost u around 300-350$

 

Also, when i got my tires, i got them installed, mounted and balanced at a mechanic shop. Could this problem be because my tires were not balanced and mounted right or that has nothing to do with it.

BTW thanx everyone for the help and replies.