Pulling to the left

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My car was pulling to the left after a wheel alignment.

I took it back to the alignment shop and the guy said to swap the 2 front tires left to right.

I did so and now it pulls a bit to the right.

So it suggests the tires were causing this.

I have checked the tires, they look fine and tread depth as well as pressure is the same.

What about the tires could be causing this pull?

Tires are 6 year old Pirelli P7s with good tread amount remaining.
 
If it's "Radial Pull, you swap the tires side to side and it should now pull the other way… It's caused by the belts in a radial tire not being centered exactly. If you swap the tires side to side and it still pulls to the right, then something else is causing it.
 
ah …. Mmmmm …….

You can wear conicity (what some refer to as radial pull) INTO a tire - so the cause of the pull might be tire wear caused by the misalignment!

The only way to correct this is to replace the tires, or as Lubener suggested, move the tires to the rear - but they will have to stay there until worn out!
 
99% of the time, if it is a REAL pull, it is caused by the tires. The only way alignment can cause a pull is if the front cross camber is out of spec, which normally means something is very bent and requires suspension part replacement.
 
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