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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 05:10 PM
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went to go get my car aligned today and they told me they couldnt do it never got a casue as to why but i can tell by the print out there something mest up on my car i know my camber is because my car is lowered and camber kit will fix it or raising my car, looking for help and possible problems with my suspension, lets keep the useless comments out of this
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 05:20 PM
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so what exactly did they say they couldn't do? even though they cant fix the camber they should be perfectly capable of fixing the toe (which is more important). if this place won't do it, take it somewhere else.
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 05:23 PM
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i didnt get to talk to the guy who was doing it but the guy who knew really nothing told me because of how my cars lowered they couldnt align my car
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 05:35 PM
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that's bull. take it somewhere else
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 06:09 PM
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what about my caster what could be causing that? will i have to get my caster fixed before?
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 06:24 PM
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i don't believe there is any way to adjust caster with the stock radius rods and traction bar. i may be wrong though.. if i had to guess i'd say there is a possibility the lower control arm is bent slightly and causing the caster to be out of wack. it's honestly not that big a deal though, especially at such a small degree off. camber and toe are the biggest things that will cause problems.
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 06:26 PM
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has it ever been in an accident?
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 06:35 PM
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it has to have been in a accident i have fixed the front crossmember where the lower control arms bolt up too and have fixed the rear crossmember, my car has been eating up my tires too and is pulling to the right and is hard to control on the freeway seems to float by itself sometimes
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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what should my caster be at for both sides?
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 07:09 PM
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Caster should be around 3.0deg to 3.3deg. Most cars will be different!

What have you done to the rear of the car for arms?
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 07:20 PM
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Like you I just did this…



Fortunately this car doesn’t have any major issues so I just checked the alignment.

If you need someone you can trust hit me up and I’ll give you as much info as I can.
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 09:01 PM
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nothing stock control arms, so its not my right side its my left caster thats all mest up?
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Old Feb 9, 2010 | 11:11 PM
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yeah your caster is messed up. probably hit a curb. bent control arm and stretched radius rod or something.

the camber looks extremely excessive compared to the rears. i would expect the rears to be greater to match the fronts. theyre just not.

the toe they could have fixed no matter what. and thats whats most important. i mean your toe is SO FAR OFF. i hope thats obvious to ppl looking at your sheet.

take another look at your suspension yourself to see if anything is bent. then take it back to get the TOE aligned. just say, fix the toe, thats all they need to do once you get the caster and wheel base straightened out.
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Old Feb 10, 2010 | 07:09 AM
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alrite will do thanks for the help im gonna take my suspension apart later on today
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