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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 05:31 PM
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stock height alignment

ok, so my steering wheel isnt straight and my car pulls fairly hard to the right.

if i go to get an alignment and tell them to straighten the wheel and do the following:

camber - between -1 and -2 in the front and -1 in the rear
toe - zero on all 4 corners

will it track straight? considering my tires have even pressure, tread, etc...
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 05:38 PM
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Thats about what I run and I track straight...
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Old Mar 13, 2009 | 06:07 PM
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Also make sure the thrust angle is 0.
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 08:24 AM
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alright, and what about the other stuff that shows up on this printout like:

caster, sai, included angle, cross camber and caster, etc...
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 08:39 AM
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Caster is not adjustable on our cars.
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 08:42 AM
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well that answers that question haha

so if i just tell them to do that, everything else should fall into place?
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 08:49 AM
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Yep - set camber bolt, zero toe, make sure thrust angle is zeroed.
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 08:50 AM
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thank you sir for your help
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 09:06 AM
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another question...when you people try to get an alignment with these specs, does everyone try to say "the factory specs are better" or "why do you want to mess with tens of millions of dollars worth of R & D" or "if you zero toe out, youll scrub your tires" etc etc etc
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Old Mar 14, 2009 | 09:09 AM
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Factory alignment was all over the place. If they put in that much thought, the least they could have done was to make sure cars rolling off the line were setup right.

Zero toe is better for your tires in terms of life. I run -1.7 ish up front and -1.4 in the rear, zero toe/thrust.

Bottom line, you have to set it up for what you will need. More aggressive for tracking/AX - less aggressive for drag or DD.
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