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What alignment adjustments are available for IS F?

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Old 06-30-14, 08:48 AM
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Default What alignment adjustments are available for IS F?

I've searched, and not found a definitive answer.

It looks like, for a stock IS F, the only alignment adjustment available is toe. Is this correct?
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yes toe only.

the subframe can be shifted to even out camber if one side is more than the other.
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Thank you. I know I can get adjustable bits from FIGS Engineering, but I want to stay in stock class.
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with out changing hardware, you get toe. This is good and bad. The way the car is set up you get good handling and good tire wear (if toe is correct). Also there is not much to "move" on you. Get a good alignment and it should last a long time as long as you don't hit anything (bend) it is very stable (the alignment) over time.

Figs Engineering does sell bushings and links to adjust.

Some early cars had a problem with the alignment pulling to the right, they offered caster blocks (don't have the part numbers) to adjust but in many cases they did nothing. The fix was to loosen the front sub-frame and nudge it over a few mm to get the cross camber/caster as close to even as possible. I had this and once dialed it, I've never had another alignment issue. The caster blocks were in a TSB and you might be able to order some if you wanted to try and and caster, but that is not usually what people are looking for.
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