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Oct 7, 2004, 04:25 PM

juyanith

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Toyo Proxes 4 and alignment question

I just bought a set of Toyo Proxes 4 tires from Frisby. (Thanks!) I went from the stock Advans to these as my "winter" tire since I live in north alabama. My first impression are that they are very quiet and of course not as sharp as the stockers.

However, I'm a bit bummed at the moment because of the alignment. I had never bothered to have the alignment checked since I picked the car up and the shop was unable to get the right front wheel into spec. I don't know why it is off, but here are the final specs:

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   Front.........  Left  /  Right
      Camber...... -0.56* / -0.19*
      Cross Camber	 -0.37*
      Caster......  3.60* /  3.40*
      Cross Caster	  ???? (Sorry, can't read this on the printout)
      Toe.........  0.00* /  ???? (ditto)
      Total Toe...	 -0.01*
     
    Rear..........  Left  /  Right
      Camber...... -1.12* /  -1.30*
      Cross Camber	  0.20*
      Toe.........  0.05* /  0.09*
      Total Toe...	  0.14*
      Thrust Angle	 -0.02*

By the way the spec they gave me for the evo is:

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    Camber...... -1.0* +/- 0.5*
    Cross camber  0.5*
    Caster......  3.92* */- 0.5*
    Cross caster  0.5*
    Total Toe...  Front 0.0* +/- 0.16* 
    Total Toe...  Rear 0.24* +/- 0.16*
    Thrust angle  +/- 0.15*

Is this right? It doesn't match what I've read here in other threads. I was very careful to specify "lancer evolution" and even the work order has it printed on it.

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Oct 8, 2004, 05:45 PM

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Bump. I could really use some advice here. I took the front wheels off and checked that the strut bolt was set properly. Both were pointed inside toward the car. I also crawled around and looked for any evidence of damage but couldn't find any. I thought the sway bar endlink looked a bit off on the right side, but that is probably a result of the alignment not the cause. I can't tell if the control arm is bent, it looks okay to me. Pictures are below if it helps any.l

What else should I look for? I'd really, really prefer not to have to take it to the dealer since that would entail putting the stock exhaust, etc. back on the car. Besides, I don't trust those s.o.b.'s anyway.