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Old May 26, 2023 | 04:39 PM
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I recently got my alignment done after getting all my eccentrics unfrozen, everything looked perfect until it came to my front Caster, left front 6.3° and right front 8.4°, in my rear my left rear camber is -2.7 and my right rear is -1.9. Can anyone pitch in some advice to how to fix these Adjustments? Should I buy truhart front and rear adjustable control arms? I don’t know where to even start. If anyone can offer advice it would be greatly appreciated
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Old May 27, 2023 | 04:14 AM
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Maybe take it to somebody who knows how to adjust it correctly !
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Old May 27, 2023 | 04:17 AM
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Originally Posted by noodels
Maybe take it to somebody who knows how to adjust it correctly !
Im probably going to take it to the shop I work at, I hate asking my shop do do things for me, but clearly I can't trust other shops to work on my car, they said they can't adjust caster, even tho the compliance bushing has a the caster eccentric in there
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Old May 27, 2023 | 11:47 AM
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Is the car lowered or modified? What's your goal with the alignment?

Make sure the subframes are centered. Torque the bolts to spec. Resist the urge to tighten them beyond spec. Buy subframe collars if you're keen to do so.

Then do the alignment.
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Old May 27, 2023 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by B serious
Is the car lowered or modified? What's your goal with the alignment?

Make sure the subframes are centered. Torque the bolts to spec. Resist the urge to tighten them beyond spec. Buy subframe collars if you're keen to do so.

Then do the alignment.
so I did lower the car a fair amount, which is why I needed an alignment, I'll double check the subframes and I'll back off all the bolts and then torque them to spec as a precaution
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Old May 27, 2023 | 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeV21
so I did lower the car a fair amount, which is why I needed an alignment, I'll double check the subframes and I'll back off all the bolts and then torque them to spec as a precaution
Ok...well, you won't be able to get back to the stock camber range with the stock adjusters, if that is your goal.

Toe and caster, you should be able to get into stock range.

Avoid buying adjustable arms or aftermarket suspension parts without a clear goal. The closer to stock you stay, the less issues you'll generally have.
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Old May 27, 2023 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by B serious
Ok...well, you won't be able to get back to the stock camber range with the stock adjusters, if that is your goal.

Toe and caster, you should be able to get into stock range.

Avoid buying adjustable arms or aftermarket suspension parts without a clear goal. The closer to stock you stay, the less issues you'll generally have.
okay thank you, I'll keep that in mind, it's just odd how my caster is so far off, and can't be adjusted anymore
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Old May 27, 2023 | 06:12 PM
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Your caster is going to be ultra high because of how much negative camber you're trying to delete.

If you lowered your car considerably, as you said, and instructed the tech to try and get a bunch of negative camber out, then you will be limited on caster on the positive end.

Lucky for you, 7ish degrees of caster is perfectly acceptable.

Your subrames aren't bolted on straight, from what I see on your print out.

He's doing the best he can. You need to let camber go slightly negative if you want less caster.

caster/camber/toe are all dependent on, and affected by each other. None of the angles will ever adjust individually.
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