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Wheel Alignment, Is this excessive camber? |
fiacra |
Jul 5 2024, 08:23 AM
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Person.Woman.Man.Camera.TV Group: Members Posts: 407 Joined: 1-March 19 From: East Bay Region - California Member No.: 22,920 Region Association: Northern California |
1975 1.8 fully stock California car. I just put in turbo tie rods as well as a new trailing arm bushing, so alignment was needed. Not easy to find shops that do alignment on these cars, but a local member recommended a racing shop about 30 miles away and I took it there. They asked if I wanted it aligned for "street driving" and I confirmed that was the case. Let me emphasize that this is a stock California car in well maintained condition (a previous owner had it for 44 years and really took care of it) and I'm a really mild street driver. It is rare I'll use every one of the 76hp this can put out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) . Street driving only, no AX, no racing. It drove fine getting to the shop, no pulling, no vibration, etc. They told me it drove "much better" after alignment, and that the alignment was way off, especially in the rear. I couldn't tell any difference in how it drove pre and post alignment, but remember I drive for fun and I'm not by any means an aggressive driver. I brought a bunch of 914Rubber sourced shims with me, but they needed none of them and in fact returned to me a bunch of shims that were already on the car. I didn't notice it at the time I got the car back, but the next day I could see the rear wheel stance was significantly different, with (in my opinion) a lot of camber. Prior to the alignment it had maybe 1-2 degrees of camber. Again, I can't tell any difference in how the car drives, but maybe I could if I really pushed it? My question is, is this correct? I've really not seen this amount of camber on other members cars. Also, I kind of hate the rear tires leaning inward look. Not sure if I should take it back and ask for this to be "corrected." Other options are to live with it, or take it to another shop. Any thoughts? Is this amount of camber correct?
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fiacra |
Jul 7 2024, 08:08 AM
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Person.Woman.Man.Camera.TV Group: Members Posts: 407 Joined: 1-March 19 From: East Bay Region - California Member No.: 22,920 Region Association: Northern California |
The pictures are deceptive, if you think they show a lowered car. The car is not lowered. The shop did not lower the car. I have not lowered the car.
They did check for accident damage, and they didn't find any. They also checked to see if I had a bent spindle. I didn't hear any mention of a bent strut. Nomenclature specific to our particular areas of expertise and knowledge can be confusing to someone without our fund of knowledge. If you come into my office I can confuse the hell out of you without much effort with an explanation that a colleague of mine would find concise and precise. I think I got the bottom line on his explanation, just didn't clearly follow the path to get there. I'll bring it back for them to recheck. We'll see what they say and I'll report back. At least two trusted members whose opinions I would hazard to guess most of us respect have spoken up to say they take their cars there. They deserve a chance to at least inspect their own work and see what conclusions they arrive at. I'm not happy about having to make a long drive, but I am positive I have done things that have inconvenienced other people without intending to do so. I won't stand in judgement, yet. Thanks everybody for your input. It has been helpful. |
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