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Old Apr 15, 2012 | 11:25 PM
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So 1ltcap, where is a good place to get an alignment?

Actually which places should I avoid? lol
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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by dabest09
So 1ltcap, where is a good place to get an alignment?

Actually which places should I avoid? lol
places to avoid would be ANY of the "chain" types shops. you know....goodyear, firestone, tires plus, puke boys......those places may get a decent person once in a blue moon.....but not usually.

best place is gonna be a "mom and pop" type of shop. you may be able to find shops like that that specialize in alignments, and/or suspension work, or it may just be a general repair shop.

you can check out iatn.net for shop recommendations, napa's website will give you some recommendations too.
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Old Apr 16, 2012 | 10:05 AM
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Thanks man that iatn website really helped!
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Old Apr 21, 2012 | 03:22 PM
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Interesting, SO how is cross camber corrected?

Originally Posted by Bjorn20
In my experience performing alignments, excessive cross camber will most certainly cause a pull. I've had quite a few battles of steering pull with anything over .5 degrees of cross camber. The best part about that is, the camber angle can be in "spec" on both sides, but still cause a pull due to excessive cross camber.
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Old Apr 21, 2012 | 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted by libertyforall1776
Interesting, SO how is cross camber corrected?
he'd still have to show me one. i've never seen camber cause a pull, unless it was so horribly out of specs, that the car was barley drivable to begin with. i used to have this very argument way back when i learned alignments with the guy that taught me front ends. i pretty much refused to admit i was wrong, even when it was painfully obvious i was. now, i know better.
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Bjorn20
In my experience performing alignments, excessive cross camber will most certainly cause a pull. I've had quite a few battles of steering pull with anything over .5 degrees of cross camber. The best part about that is, the camber angle can be in "spec" on both sides, but still cause a pull due to excessive cross camber.
I will step back in for a quick statment which is about opposite a statment which I posted above after which I will back out and keep quite

" The best part about that is, the camber angle can be in "spec" on both sides, but still cause a pull due to excessive cross camber.[/QUOTE]
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I will say that IF one wheel is waayy positive and the other
is wayyy negtive ( " \ \ ") but still within OE specs then car will pull a little to the postive side,
I still think the OP's tire wear is from toe out
I am out of here.....Johnny
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