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Old Feb 2, 2010, 07:43 PM
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sounds like it just may be your alignment needs to be adjusted.
Old Feb 2, 2010, 07:55 PM
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I am going to get a basic alignment done to get things sorted before I get her conrner balanced.

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Originally Posted by Erik@MIL.SPEC
I am going to get a basic alignment done to get things sorted before I get her conrner balanced.
Take it to Daren at West End Alignment. Let him know you have an emergency and he might be able to squeeze you in quick. He'll corner balance it for you too. You WILL NOT be disappointed by his work.
Old Feb 2, 2010, 10:54 PM
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Take it to Daren at West End Alignment. Let him know you have an emergency and he might be able to squeeze you in quick. He'll corner balance it for you too. You WILL NOT be disappointed by his work.
I plan on taking it to West End, but I am considering adding some other bushings and I don't want to undo Daren's good work

BTW, does he take the car out and drive it to see how it feels?
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Originally Posted by Erik@MIL.SPEC
I plan on taking it to West End, but I am considering adding some other bushings and I don't want to undo Daren's good work

BTW, does he take the car out and drive it to see how it feels?
Usually you just take it out yourself to make sure you like it. I'm sure you can ask him to take your car for a spin.
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Just got a basic alignment so it wouldn't be dangerous. How are these for some "pre" numbers:

Front left toe: -1/16" Front right toe: -5/32"

Rear left toe: -23/32" Rear right toe: -5/16"
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all over the place?

How does the car feel now?

What are the post numbers?
Old Feb 4, 2010, 05:28 PM
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all over the place?

How does the car feel now?

What are the post numbers?
Eh, I was in a hurry and forgot to request more camber in the front. Only at -1. THey gave me -1.3 in the rear LOL

Toe in front is at 0. In the rear it's at 1/16" on both sides.

Car feels so much better now. This isn't a permanent alignment. Car isn't even corner balanced. I just needed something that wouldn't scare me on the highway

There are some thumps/clunks coming from the rear I want to sort out. Could be a blown OEM spherical bearing possibly. Oh, suspension is fun
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WOW! ONE INCH toe out in the rear. That is exactly what I thought was going on. I had the same thing happen to me once when I was screwing around with rear control arms and different settings. Somehow ended up with way too much toe out and the car felt just how you described.

Your current settings look very good.

If I may ask, where did you get the Vishnu/Gerard spec Ohlins? I have people ask me about them occasionally and I did not know there was still a source for that setup.

Thanks, and enjoy!
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Originally Posted by EVOlutionary
WOW! ONE INCH toe out in the rear. That is exactly what I thought was going on. I had the same thing happen to me once when I was screwing around with rear control arms and different settings. Somehow ended up with way too much toe out and the car felt just how you described.

Your current settings look very good.

If I may ask, where did you get the Vishnu/Gerard spec Ohlins? I have people ask me about them occasionally and I did not know there was still a source for that setup.

Thanks, and enjoy!
I bought them used...been wanting them for 3 years now
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Originally Posted by Erik@MIL.SPEC
I am going to get a basic alignment done to get things sorted before I get her conrner balanced.
Shouldnt alignment be the last step?
Old Feb 7, 2010, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by nemsin
Shouldnt alignment be the last step?
I am not going to get her corner balanced for a bit. I needed a quickie alignment on the car so it would be driveable
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