OEM alignment off spec
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The worst alignment I ever got was from a Lexus dealer. The machine wasn't properly calibrated and the numbers they spit out were complete BS. I would never take my car to them for alignment again.
#18
Just curious, which dealer in Georgia, and where did you end up getting it aligned?
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I ended up at the local NTB where they know me and let me "help" with alignments. I won't mention the name of the dealership. They were a sub to the body shop repairing my car after an incident in the rain with a moron.
#20
Caster will be higher if you have aftermarket LCA bushings. Do you have aftermarket lower control arm bushings? example RR Racing USRS LCA
Does your alignment drive straight with those numbers?
I had the dealership do an alignment on my car and it wasn't good either. My steering wheel had a slight tilt to it and it was annoying so last week I manually adjust the front control arm toe nuts myself. First attempt I verified the direction I was adjusting combated the issue and it make the steering wheel tilt the other direction. second attempt I reversed it back some to align the steering wheel straight. By the third attempt I was pretty good. Added two more fine tuning adjustments to get it dead straight. It isn't that hard to do if you have time for trial and error. As you drive the car and feel what is going on you can manually make tweaks to the toe to correct what the car is doing.
Does your alignment drive straight with those numbers?
I had the dealership do an alignment on my car and it wasn't good either. My steering wheel had a slight tilt to it and it was annoying so last week I manually adjust the front control arm toe nuts myself. First attempt I verified the direction I was adjusting combated the issue and it make the steering wheel tilt the other direction. second attempt I reversed it back some to align the steering wheel straight. By the third attempt I was pretty good. Added two more fine tuning adjustments to get it dead straight. It isn't that hard to do if you have time for trial and error. As you drive the car and feel what is going on you can manually make tweaks to the toe to correct what the car is doing.
Last edited by breakeroh; 09-18-18 at 08:12 PM.
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Caster will be higher if you have aftermarket LCA bushings. Do you have aftermarket lower control arm bushings? example RR Racing USRS LCA
Does your alignment drive straight with those numbers?
I had the dealership do an alignment on my car and it wasn't good either. My steering wheel had a slight tilt to it and it was annoying so last week I manually adjust the front control arm toe nuts myself. First attempt I verified the direction I was adjusting combated the issue and it make the steering wheel tilt the other direction. second attempt I reversed it back some to align the steering wheel straight. By the third attempt I was pretty good. Added two more fine tuning adjustments to get it dead straight. It isn't that hard to do if you have time for trial and error. As you drive the car and feel what is going on you can manually make tweaks to the toe to correct what the car is doing.
Does your alignment drive straight with those numbers?
I had the dealership do an alignment on my car and it wasn't good either. My steering wheel had a slight tilt to it and it was annoying so last week I manually adjust the front control arm toe nuts myself. First attempt I verified the direction I was adjusting combated the issue and it make the steering wheel tilt the other direction. second attempt I reversed it back some to align the steering wheel straight. By the third attempt I was pretty good. Added two more fine tuning adjustments to get it dead straight. It isn't that hard to do if you have time for trial and error. As you drive the car and feel what is going on you can manually make tweaks to the toe to correct what the car is doing.
#22
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Unfortunately driving straight doesn't mean the alignment is good. It just means the bad on one side is neutralized by the bad on the other side. If you don't measure it, you really don't know.
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