btrejo77

Hey guys, I recently just got an 06 gt that the previous owner hit a pot hole on the passenger side and bent a wheel. Along with that, he messed up some of the suspension and caused the car to have alignment problems with excessive negative camber and toe out. He ended up replacing a lot of the suspension with OEM Ford parts, but it still has that problem. What else do y'all think it could be? I brought it somewhere and they told me a I need camber plates, but that's it. It also shakes on the highway between 60-75mph. Thanks in advance!

MustangVixenGT

Camber plates might work, or even camber bolts.

btrejo77

I figured it would, but m main question is what exactly could be wrong? I've actually gotten down there and looked, and looking looks to be out of the ordinary. That's what really confuses me about it. I was hoping there would be a way of fixing it without camber plates

MustangVixenGT

Don't know, I would take it into ford have them take a look at it. Does it still have the old wheels on it that could account for some of it.

Maybe the sway bars messed up...... Not sure if that would cause that though.

btrejo77

I currently don't have any other wheels for it other than the aftermarket ones it came with. I also know though that the same side wheel was bent and repaired due to the same incident, so that may have something to do with the vibration. The toe is so bad though that when the steering wheel is straight and the drivers side is straight also, it looks like the wheel is slightly turned on the passenger side

MustangVixenGT

Well maybe the GT's have wide tires my 2013 follows every groove in the road always feels like somethigns wrong but its fine :P

JFitz

If you have a mechanic you trust, ask him what shop he uses for alignments and have them look for the problem. If there is visible difference that is a rather serious alignment issue. If the owner installed new parts himself, maybe he never got an alignment. Or, he missed something. Don't use a dealer for this. You'll end up replacing everything between the frame rails for something as (relatively) simple as a bent control arm. Shaking is likely an out of balance wheel\tire but the alignment shop can check that too.

I've used a shop in the past in the Duncanville area if you're around Dallas. Very practical people.

akdoggie

The frame section where the lower control arm attaches, is probably bent a slight bit, thus the reason for the plates. They straighten out the tower to LCA angle and give it what is necessary to cure your problem. I don't think, without taking it to a frame or body shop, that there is another way of doing that. You need the machines to keep everything (unibody welded) in proportion, like when it was new. You most likely have something tweaked still, and without the plates or frame repair, won't be able to cure it. Must of been a hell of a pothole.

btrejo77

Thanks for all the replies, and yeah it was a bad one he said. I do have a buddy that owns a shop and does alignments, so I will probably end up bringing it by him and seeing what he says. Just hoping it's something simple