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Take it back, but first
-check all tyre pressures
-check tyres for damage
-confirm it pulls left on all roads
If so, find a road near the tyre shop that you can give a demo on.

RE002 are a good tyre and brand, most unlikely to be at fault,
chances are a poor alignment is the problem.

'radial pull' I'm willing to learn, but I think 'bs'.
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Swapping the front tyres left to right is only usually a fix when they're worn - new tyres shouldn't cause the car to pull. Could have been the clamps they use to hold the aligning sensors on wasn't seated on the wheel correctly, so the numbers on the computer have come up right but the car itself isn't aligned correctly.
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Thought I would bump this instead of making a new thread since my situation is pretty much identical to OP.

A few weeks ago I got 4x new tyres + an aligment done at a local franchise, after which the car pulls to the left a slight amount when going over 100kph.

I took the car back to them to get it looked over to see if anything was wrong. They did another alignment and re-balanced the wheels, but said nothing was out of the ordinary. The car still pulls to the left.

Attached is the alignment print out from the latest alignment. Of note is the front right camber vs. the front left camber. I believe this could be the issue at play here.

Does anyone else think that the front right camber is the problem?

As far as I know my car has king springs in it, but everything else suspension-wise is stock.
Is it possible to correct this camber issue without buying camber bolts?
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Im no expert, but shouldnt left and right numbers similar? more similar than the printout? Looks terrible.
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Camber won't make a car pull to one side, but to me it looks like they haven't adjusted, as you can see the numbers are red, should be green and some where in the middle of the target
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Most cars don't have factory camber adjustment - without adjustable arms, camber bolts, or top hats, it won't be done. Same goes for castor.

From those specs, only a front toe adjustment was completed. Rear is within spec but isn't even side to side (and GC's do have rear adjustable toe), but that would only have been adjusted if it was paid/asked for.
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Camber won't make a car pull to one side,
Camber definitely WILL make a car pull.

Before and after cambers are the same, they have not adjusted the camber. This is not unusual unless they are thorough. The right front has almost a degree of negative camber, the left is on zero. (ie; the left wheel is upright, the right one is leaning in like a motorcycle turning left) you do not need to be a rocket scientist* to see why the car is pulling left. I will add that they are within the range specified but I believe a decent shop should strive for more even readings. I would aim for -45 minutes to -1 degree on both fronts.

* rocket scientists are not usually doing wheel alignments at tyre shops, don't expect too much.
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Camber definitely WILL make a car pull.

I will add that they are within the range specified but I believe a decent shop should strive for more even readings. I would aim for -45 minutes to -1 degree on both fronts.

* rocket scientists are not usually doing wheel alignments at tyre shops, don't expect too much.
OK, with that in mind, if I took it back AGAIN to said franchise, would they have the ability to adjust the front camber to bring them to balance each other out? Or is it a limitation on my stock suspension not allowing front camber adjustment?

I would have thought, since I stated that it pulled left, they would have done everything possible to minimize the possible things that would cause the left pull, the negative camber on the front right combined with the neutral camber on the front left being one of the potential causes of this.

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yeah you've got front camber adjustment by the top cammed bolt at the lower end of your front struts
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Take it to a real suspension shop that will actually give a shit. I'm not sure how Wheels World are performing since John left, but those values would never be allowed to leave the workshop.
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