Alignment / Suspension woes
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From: Mrs. Sauga, Ontario, Canada
Firstly I bought my teg in April from an Acura dealer. It was stock and it needed new tires so I talked the dealer into selling it with the worn tires and I would replace. I brought it back with the new tires and had an alignment done. something was out of wack and they replaced the upper control arm and wheel bearing on the front right. All was well, or so I though.
In september I installed some Koni's and Prokits. With every settled I had it aligned at another Acura dealer... closer to work. It appears things are still amiss with the front right. Camber is at -2.4deg and caster is at -0.7 (both way out of spec.)... the front left is -0.9deg camber and +1.2deg (both in spec.) Now with the suspension lowered I doubt that the original dealer will fix the problem... but my contention is that it was not fixed in the first place. They threw parts at it and it still was messed up.
Any thoughts/advice?
In september I installed some Koni's and Prokits. With every settled I had it aligned at another Acura dealer... closer to work. It appears things are still amiss with the front right. Camber is at -2.4deg and caster is at -0.7 (both way out of spec.)... the front left is -0.9deg camber and +1.2deg (both in spec.) Now with the suspension lowered I doubt that the original dealer will fix the problem... but my contention is that it was not fixed in the first place. They threw parts at it and it still was messed up.
Any thoughts/advice?
Replace OEM parts, return to original dealer. You may want to get another alignment done with the OEM parts from a 3rd shop first though.
Mike
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Mike
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