See? I told you you just had to take it someplace with competent techs.

 

[QUOTE=Ian300D,Feb 3 2009, 05:57 PM]So as it turns out I take it next door to goodyear and they have one of those new hunter alignment systems that are level with the ground.

 

Which, in turn, is what the anti-bumpsteer kit mostly eliminates.

But yeah, zero toe in the back would not really be my choice. Not my car, though.

 

I got a local place to put my new front arms on the car and they insisted on aligning it as well. He couldn't get it in the specs I wanted and blamed it on my car being messed up. I took it to my regular guy and he dialed it in in about 5mins as usual.

Also took my dads sebring into a place I didn't know because it was pulling to the left. They showed me the specs after they did it and it seems ok but it was still pulling.

When you find a place that has a decent calibrated rack just stick to it.

 

Pep boys did a standard alignment for me years ago after replacing struts in my wife's car. They handed me a print out showing "before and after." It was in manufacturer's spec "before" and out of spec "after."

I've got a good shop that I trust now. They even let me sit in the car while it is done and don't question when I give them numbers outside the manufacturer's spec.

 

Alignment racks and equipment are nice, but it mostly comes down to the experience, skill, and dedication of the tech doing it. Does the guy really care about that last tenth of a degree? Or is +/- 1 degree "good enough" for him? Can he even get it that close, or does it move by two degrees whenever he touches it?

 

my alignment guy is awesome. he takes his time, and gets exactly what i want. yes, i do my own alignments.

 

That's the best way to go. "You want it done right, do it yourself!" I did my own when I had the Fiats.

 

yeah, i would do the same. i would not want to go into a store and admit i owned a fiat too...

 

This ain't my first tango. I've been doing autocross for a couple years, most recently was this little play toy.




God I miss the torque, ah well turn in on the S2k is better, and rear suspension geometry far superior from what I gather.

I do quite well with loads of oversteer. Last autoX I beat out quite a few good competitor's sideways on stock bald 225's.