Car gets a little unstable on some rough roads while hitting the brakes

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slvr98camaro

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This is on a 2019 sho non pp with 80k miles.

When I'm on roads with bumps and hitting the brakes the car feels very unstable, the steering wheel will almost **** out of my hands.

Issue started a few months ago, and i don't remember if I had my snow tires on or not when it started.

Suspension feels fine bouncing the car, there's no play in the wheels, tie rods and ball joints seem ok, by doing a visual and checking for play while driving and checking with the wheels in the air.

I'm not saying that there's no issues with the suspension because obviously there is, but i can't figure out what to look at next. The tires are needing to be replaced soon, they have 3-4/32 on the good tread, and they do look like they are worn down around the edges (most likely from going around corners, and not tire pressure) alignment gets checked 2x a year and is always almost within spec (within .1 of everything) i have no issues replacing the tires, but i think the problem started before I removed the snow tires.

Any ideas?
 

Mahu24

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Did you check your struts? If they are blown out you're just running on springs, which is bouncy. Check/replace sway bar end links, they're known to go bad. I replaced mine with TTX links, they are MUCH heavier duty than OEM
 

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Did you check your struts? If they are blown out you're just running on springs, which is bouncy. Check/replace sway bar end links, they're known to go bad. I replaced mine with TTX links, they are MUCH heavier duty than OEM
Struts seem fine with the bounce test, the car doesn't bounce on bumps or anything.

I checked the front end links and they seemed tight with no play, but the smaller rear ones seemed a little loose, i could move them back and forth with my hand but the joints weren't popping in and out.

I took a good look at the tires and they are wearing very poorly. I'm wondering if the alignment is out, and that's what's causing it. The car was aligned around the time I got the snow tires. The alignment shop was having issues getting a bolt loose and I had to take it back for them to try again. I'm wondering if they did something there, and that's what's been causing the issue.
 
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