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Pls help review my alignment...*pics inside*

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Old 03-28-12, 07:17 AM
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Default Pls help review my alignment...*pics inside*

Problem solved: driver outer tie rod was bad, so I had a replacement done!

Here is my alignment sheet.


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Old 03-28-12, 08:18 AM
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I wanna know why you're hardly running any camber in the rear if you're evenly dropped, but up front you have -2 and -1.5...
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Originally Posted by LuxuryGS3
I wanna know why you're hardly running any camber in the rear if you're evenly dropped, but up front you have -2 and -1.5...
Agree with him^^^

I just recently lowered mine on stock 17's too and honestly I haven't even done anything else to it. Pretty sure I'm lower since you said you got two to three finger gaps. My camber up front doesn't isn't as negative as what's in the back.

Anyways I should probably quit being lazy and change out some suspension part too and go get an alignment.
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I think my rears are a bit lower. I will try to take a pic if I can. I measured the height of the front coil spacing on each side and I'm perfectly in measurement. As the same with the rear.

My question is that I came in there with my toe out and my camber was less on the fronts when the car went it.
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Originally Posted by LuxuryGS3
I wanna know why you're hardly running any camber in the rear if you're evenly dropped, but up front you have -2 and -1.5...
Probably because the stock eccentric bolts dont have enough adjustment to dial more camber out.
Old 03-28-12, 11:27 AM
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Your alignment looks good. Thrust angle would be better if it was near zero. Your car slightly pulls to the right correct?
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Apparently the car pulls to the right and left a bit but not mucht, the steering if off center too just a tad -- leaning more right.

I'm going to switch the tires from front to back and see if that changes things.

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Old 03-29-12, 11:53 AM
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Alright, so apparently the techs took the outer tie rod and placed it on top of the mounting point for the tie rod in relation to where it mounts to the ball joint.

Got a new driver outer tie rod. Should be better once I get it realinged.

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Old 03-29-12, 03:49 PM
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The caster is just fine. You always want the right side caster to be higher than the left. This means that the right tire is slightly in front of the left. This helps compensate for the crown in most roads. They should try to get the rear toe more even to fix the thrust angle.
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Originally Posted by AKS14
Probably because the stock eccentric bolts dont have enough adjustment to dial more camber out.
He's dropped EVENLY all around though. There is no reason he should be running 0 camber in the rear, but more in the front. You run more camber in the rear than the front unless you have FIGS Mega Arms and they allow for like 2 degrees of adjustment +/-, but he didn't state that he had them or anything to adjust the camber in the rear.

I'm not saying his front should be zero'd out, 'cause it shouldn't with stock adjustment, but his rear shouldn't be less cambered than the front if evenly dropped. You always run more camber in the rear than the front.
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Default Directional Tires Rotation by Un-mount & Re mount

My car pulled to right at or above 70 MPH, and at 65MPH or below, its track straight. After I unmounted and remounted the tires and rotated them. Its track much better now. But still having a little veering to the right tendency at freeway speed. So here is my question, If I replaced the caster arms, upper and lower arm's bushing. Will its help with the alignment? Stock height and stock rims, I mounted a new set of directional tires from Yokohama AVID ENVigor. My alignment reading are all within spec. Could it be my tires?

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You should read up on road crown.
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