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Are these normal post alignment numbers?

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Old Oct 19, 2020 | 08:05 PM
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I took my car for an alignment since it would veer slightly to the right. After the mechanic adjusted everything and showed me the results, there were very minimal changes and the results seem off from the OEM specs for an AP1. He did note that the driver's rear shock or control arms were worn and had some play to them. Not too familiar with alignments so wanted to get some input if these results are typical.

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Old Oct 20, 2020 | 02:49 AM
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Too much toe on the driver side.
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Old Oct 20, 2020 | 06:49 AM
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No need to be an expert. Just know Red is bad, Green is good.

Middle of recommended range is better than at the border of the range.
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Old Oct 20, 2020 | 07:04 AM
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The car will pull to the side with the most positive REAR toe.

Look at your left rear toe.


What's strange is that your car pulls right. You sure?
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Old Oct 20, 2020 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Car Analogy
No need to be an expert. Just know Red is bad, Green is good.

Middle of recommended range is better than at the border of the range.
If that's the case, should I ask for a re-alignment since the numbers are still quite off? The driver's side is almost all out of spec it looks like.
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Old Oct 20, 2020 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by B serious
The car will pull to the side with the most positive REAR toe.

Look at your left rear toe.


What's strange is that your car pulls right. You sure?
Yes it pulls right slightly
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Old Oct 20, 2020 | 10:49 AM
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Left rear toe is completely outta whack, go back
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Old Oct 20, 2020 | 07:11 PM
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Garbage alignment. Whoever did this was lazy AF. Get a re-alignment. Bro they didn't even touch your caster to at least bare minimum match the other side and it would've at least adjusted the toe if it needs that much correction. Your worn shock/control arm shouldn't affect what we're seeing that much.
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Old Oct 20, 2020 | 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by RainyDayLeo
Garbage alignment. Whoever did this was lazy AF. Get a re-alignment. Bro they didn't even touch your caster to at least bare minimum match the other side and it would've at least adjusted the toe if it needs that much correction. Your worn shock/control arm shouldn't affect what we're seeing that much.
Thanks for your input. I called the shop this morning about the results and they said that either the rear driver side of the car was in an accident (I know of no accident history and the car has all 10 VINS) or the worn out suspension components prevented them from being able to adjust it more (they said the control arms had cracked bushings but couldn't specify any obviously worn parts). They were telling me that the chamber was more important than the toe but said my OEM control arms prevented any more adjusting. They did back their alignment with a 6 month warranty. At this point I'm not sure if I should ask for another alignment if they don't think they can adjust it better than they have.
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Old Oct 21, 2020 | 07:06 AM
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I recently found this blog because I had my car pulling to the left.
https://pompeiimotorsports.weebly.co...july-01st-2015
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The car will tend to pull to the least negative camber side, and/or to the least positive caster side. Camber has about twice the effect caster does on causing a pull. On most setups, 0.3-0.4 degrees difference in camber side to side (Cross-Camber) will be noticeable by most people and about 0.6-0.8 degrees Cross-Caster.
Since your cross-caster is ~.7° different and the right front is the low side that correlates with this excerpt. Also, we don't know for certain how trustworthy this shop is BUT from my experience and looking at what they did that's BS, they were just lazy, the rear left toe should have been adjusted better, there's no way that's just what it is. Definitely look at your components under the car and see if the bushing is that bad but i'd be surprised. It should be pretty evident if it is.
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