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Subject Did your tech perform prelimenary suspension component inspe
     
Posted by CHUNG (Dallas) on January 23, 2006 at 4:57 PM
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In Reply To Opinions on alignment posted by ZXRider(SoCal) on January 23, 2006 at 02:52 PM
     
Message inspection first??
Meaning the checks on the tires inflation, wheels condition, wheel bearings, bushings, joints, signs of bent/damaged components, shocks and springs, and ride height, etc.
Lots of alignment techs skip the prelimenary checks, set the alignment specs all to green on the screen, hand the key back to the customer and call it goo, but the car still pulls to the side or wears the tires. These components change your specs when your car is rolling.

One or a few of those above checks could be the causes of your excessive tire wear.

Now, on to your 2nd alignment spec, the rear toe should be the same reading on both sides to get your thrust angle back to 0, or else it acts as rear steering.
When performing 4 wheel alignment, the rear setting should ALWAYS be performed first, or no matter what is done to the front, the car will not drive right or wear right.

As for the front, the toe is set too much toe-in (+), get it back within spec. Other than that, everything looks fine to me.
Looks like the tech set a lil more negative camber on the left to compensate the road crwon to the Cali's roads, which helps the car from pulling to the right by the road condition, assumming all your suspension components are in good condition and tires are properly inflated.

Shall you experience any excessive wear, you should look into your suspension components carefully. Good luck!

Erick
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