you really should not drive a car you replaced a tie rod in until its aligned.. it is pretty much next to impossible to get it close enough.

 

Dont have much of a choice unfortunalty, gotta go to work/school.

Problem is i have to set up an appoitment to get my car aligned (I did so already) because the local tire places(tire kingdom, wal mart, etc.) said that they cant get my car on the rack becasue its too low

Kinda scary, this place that im going to is in the middle of nowhere and looks like a junkyard.

 

thats shitty, from the pics of your car it didnt seem very low.
i know ive managed to get way lower cars onto the rack, without breaking anything.. they just need some boards to drive up onto.

 

thats what I thought, I go into tire kindgom and say can you do an alignment on my car, it has aftermarket shocks/spring.

He says "Lowered?"

I respond yes.

he looks at my car through the window, says "Is it lowered now"

i say yes.

He replies, "uhh no we cant do that, wont make it on the rack"

kinda got the feeling that he was just being lazy.

 

id just go in, and say "i need an alignment" and not tell them the rest.. should work out fine.

 

Yea, I realized that would have worked after I left, but i dont want to give my car to some lazy guy at tire kingdom. He didnt look like he really wanted to do anything other than sit on his ass, and i dont want a half-ass job done.

Belive me, if you saw this guy, you would leave too

 

hahaha, if this was a year ago, it probably would have been me.

 

So you do think it is the alignment that is causing the steering problem, or could it potentially be something else?

 

sounds like you messed up the rack..
the alignment being really badly off certainly wont help anything. but usually if it doesnt return to "some" center, the rack is done.

 

Well when I put the sus back on my other car, it had a weird toe to it and it would turn back like an inch, went to fred cox and turned out good. Turns back fine. I would just go them if they say it cant make it on the rack(if they ask if its lowered) bring a couple 2x4s and show them how its done...