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Old Jan 15, 2016 | 12:53 PM
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Alignment Woes

After dealing with a terrible alignment shop a few weeks ago I was able to get my car dropped off at a different shop that was able to "properly" align my car yesterday. I quote proper because it was as good as this shop was willing to go without messing with the aftermarket parts.

Setup:
-D2 coilovers
-Z1 Motorsports front upper control arms
-SPC rear camber arms
-SPC single rear toe bolt kit

Here are the results:



Thoughts? Keep in mind this car is my daily driver and tire wear is my biggest concern. The car pulls to the left pretty bad still. The only assumption I can make is that it's because the camber on the front of the car on the left is less than the right side. I installed the control arms myself and adjusted each of the heim joints to the same amount of threads on both sides.

I called Z1 yesterday and they couldn't recommend how much to adjust the upper arms. They did tell me I need to adjust the ball joint heim to correct the camber so that helps. I guess it's all just a guessing game until I get it right? Anyone have any experience on how many turns to extend each ball joint heim? Pics below for reference on what I'm working with:


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Old Jan 15, 2016 | 01:31 PM
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Your specs dont look toooo bad, I have had worse lol. With camber you are going to get extra wear obviously, but having your toe in spec is a very good thing. Bad toe in/out will really eat up tires
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Old Jan 15, 2016 | 01:41 PM
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It's going to take a bit of trial & error but if the alignment shop is good they'll take the time to get it right, definitely want that camber under 2 for best tread life.
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Old Jan 15, 2016 | 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by terribleone
Your specs dont look toooo bad, I have had worse lol. With camber you are going to get extra wear obviously, but having your toe in spec is a very good thing. Bad toe in/out will really eat up tires
What were your camber specs? Did you have any issues with your car pulling?

I do have some pretty meaty tires up front, but I've experience trammeling before and this is alignment pull to the right.
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Old Jan 16, 2016 | 11:09 AM
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I think I'm going to drop the car some more and take it to a local shop that I know does good work and pony up the $165 to have a quality alignment done.
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Old Jan 17, 2016 | 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by jfisher
I think I'm going to drop the car some more and take it to a local shop that I know does good work and pony up the $165 to have a quality alignment done.
Might take 2 or 3 adjustments on those arms but they should have no problem getting that alignment just right. I have the SPC F&R set and it took my alignment guy 3 hours to get it to his liking, but that was time well spent as my tires have had perfect wear over the last 4 years.
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