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Old Jun 21, 2005, 03:28 PM
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Where to go for an alignment?

Like the title says.

Where would you go to get an alignment.? In particular, a place that has experience with Evo's.

I noticed some pretty bad inner tire wear. I have an 05 with about 13k miles. Some aggressive driving.

I figure my toe is all messed up.

Do the dealerships even do an alignment before they sell the car?

I've had many Hondas and nothing like this has happened.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.
Old Jun 22, 2005, 06:27 AM
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I know a place, west bend autobody. I got my alignment there and it's perfect. Where in MD are you?
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Im having the same problem, took it to fire stone to waste 70 bucks for them to get it close. Took it to the dealer today, hope fully they will get it right!
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All of our alignments are done by Autoworld in Gaithersburg, you can get custom specs as well.

Autoworld
Gaithersburg, MD
301-330-1500 Ask for Richard or Chris

Andrew @ Hillmuth is an alignment tech as well - however, not sure if he is still employed there.
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I actually went to PepBoys Laurel and they do a really great job. You can also tell em if you want diff specs... they dont care and they charge about $65 bucks.
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Originally Posted by AMSTuning.com

Andrew @ Hillmuth is an alignment tech as well - however, not sure if he is still employed there.

I took mine to Andrew about a month ago, he's great, does a lot of cars who race in scca. but it real expensive there $100. he recommended to me to first get a camber plate, that it would really help dial it in, even with stock suspension.
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Originally Posted by kapolani

I noticed some pretty bad inner tire wear. I have an 05 with about 13k miles. Some aggressive driving.

I figure my toe is all messed up.

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i had the same thing, yeah the toe is off. it must be too positve.
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Toe-out can cause inner tire wear - as well as neg. camber.

I don't care about the toe-out. I'd rather have a little toe-in. The abnormal tread wear doesn't justify the increase in turn in response.

I'd much rather have some negative camber.

I'm shooting for these specs:

front camber r/l = -1.5
rear camber = -.5

toe-in = .01" all around.

We'll see.
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I was only able to get front camber -1.1*R & -1.3*L, with toe-in 0.04*, the rear was -0.9R & -1.0L with toe-in .09R & .08L. thats the best they could do with out camber plates, but i still get some wear on the inside tires just not as bad.
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