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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 06:09 PM
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Look at how messed up my alignment was

Pictures show the before and after. Technician said my atrocious wheel alignment was the reason why the inner side of my 4 tires were wearing out rapidly.
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Old Mar 3, 2007 | 06:12 PM
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That toe will murder your tires pretty quickly.
Old Mar 3, 2007 | 10:13 PM
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so how did you get this broken ankle alignment?
Old Mar 3, 2007 | 10:27 PM
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Probably from the factory like my Evo and many others.
Old Mar 3, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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it was THAT bad, you still have more toe in the back than I like. I prefer a car strait up zero front and back.
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 01:49 AM
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so how did you get this broken ankle alignment?
That was my first time doing the wheel alignment since I drove it off the dealership lot.
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 01:57 AM
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it was THAT bad, you still have more toe in the back than I like. I prefer a car strait up zero front and back.
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Old Mar 4, 2007 | 02:40 AM
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my car off the lot was way worse than yours...
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 06:09 AM
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I've said it before......two standard factory options not listed on the window sticker are bad paint and bad alignment.
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 10:20 AM
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My toe was WAY off from the factory. I only got 16,000 miles out of the Advans because of it. I know this is more than some people get from the OEM tires but I never tracked or raced my car. If I ever buy another Evo I'm going to drive off the dealership lot and directly to a tire shop for an alignment.
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 10:27 AM
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for some reason, i just got an alignment in december i believe, and my cars already pulling to the left =/

maybe they didnt give me the alignment n just screwed me over (cuz i had tires installed also)
Old Mar 4, 2007 | 10:31 AM
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I wore through a set of Kuhmo 712s pretty fast last spring/summer. Got a set of BF Goodrich tires along with an alignment, tires look perfect after fall/winter.

A good alignment is really priceless.
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I know the "after" is all green, so it must be good, but I don't like they fact that the left and right settings are so different. And I prefer zero toe f/r, too. Looks like they upped the -camber on the right front but not the left...weird. Front camber has two settings (~ 1- and ~ -2), unless you have camber plates. I'd recommend the -2 setting for best performance at the cost of minimal additional wear.

On second look, I see they bumped up the r/f -camber because it was way low. Looks like either a bad reading or r/f sustained some damage at some point.

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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:44 PM
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mine like these too.
Old Mar 19, 2007 | 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Slowride
I know the "after" is all green, so it must be good, but I don't like they fact that the left and right settings are so different. And I prefer zero toe f/r, too. Looks like they upped the -camber on the right front but not the left...weird. Front camber has two settings (~ 1- and ~ -2), unless you have camber plates. I'd recommend the -2 setting for best performance at the cost of minimal additional wear.

On second look, I see they bumped up the r/f -camber because it was way low. Looks like either a bad reading or r/f sustained some damage at some point.
The settings are different so when he sits in the car it will balance out



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