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Old May 5, 2010 | 07:11 PM
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Unhappy Allignment Went Wrong

i changed my rear diff and when i put everything back together i taught i would get an allingment my front is all green but my rear came out to L -2.0 R -2.1 and toe was L 0.02 and R 0.23 i dont really know what happend but they cant allign it to stock if they get the camber right the toe comes wrong if they get toe right the camber is way off any help please i dont want my cars tires to waste prematurely
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Old May 5, 2010 | 07:20 PM
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What? Anyways try to get an alignment and make sure you get the alignment specs printed out.
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Old May 5, 2010 | 07:24 PM
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i did an allignment they couldnt align it to stock specs in the rear they got it close they said i got a print out and it says

Camber Left -2.0 Right -2.1 and toe Left 0.02 and Right 0.23
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Old May 5, 2010 | 08:34 PM
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Either you put something back together wrong of your alignment shop isn't that good.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 08:03 AM
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Prob just that the guys at the alignment shop were lazy... must've ate right before you got there.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 02:08 PM
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^^^ Im gonna agree with the previous two posts....lazy alignment shop or lack of knowledge. You have to move both the cams in increments to have it adjusted properly.

I'll be honest, it confuses most alignment shops cause most cars today are toe set only...we call it toe and go, lol ....they've become lazy and don't know how to adjust more than toe. God forbid if you have a car that takes the old school shims....they'll just say its not adjustable.

I was the head alignment tech at my shop till I tore my shoulder in an accident. To bad your not close...I can pretty much align anything...I used to do racing spec alignments for all my customers...you name it...Ferrari, Vipers, Vettes.

Also I would check to make sure that your rear subframe has not shifted in any way.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 02:25 PM
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I'm going to go with laziness. It's not that hard. They're probably adjusting the wrong parts. Most cars don't have Factory camber adjustment so they're probably not adjusting the correct suspension components.
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Old May 6, 2010 | 02:33 PM
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Originally Posted by rioyellows2k,May 6 2010, 05:25 PM
I'm going to go with laziness. It's not that hard. They're probably adjusting the wrong parts. Most cars don't have Factory camber adjustment so they're probably not adjusting the correct suspension components.
Agreed!! Alignments are easy money
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Old May 16, 2010 | 01:16 AM
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agree with the above. unless you installed something totally wrong

if you go again or to another place, tell them that the s2000 have the rear toe/camber adjustments built in, hopefully they know how to do it

goodluck
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Old May 18, 2010 | 02:53 PM
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i went to honda dealer they got it to factory specs i spent 80 dollars at good year for nothing they didnt do anything for my car if u need an allignment take it to honda forget these dumb as shops that dont even know anything about s2000s
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