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Re: understeer issues

Postby Charlie Brown » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:46 pm

trader wrote:Hi Guys

I recently had my alignment done and asked for a bit more camber. I ended up with -1.0 all round which I'm happy with for street use but toe ended up 0.00 mm front and rear. This is making the car a bit twichy and also tramline.

My question is can I just give it a bit of toe in by adjusting the tie rods to my liking and if so by how much would I have to rotate the tie rods to bring it in say .5 mm each side?

Seems like an easy fixit than back to the shop.


If it was a reputable company that did your alignment, take it back and say you're not happy and they should adjust it for you for free. Spinning Wheel does.
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Postby bigdog » Mon Jul 17, 2006 5:50 pm

If you've never done it yourself before and have no way of measuring the results accurately I wouldn't tackle that one trader. Way too easy to stuff it all up. If you have access to some measuring gear, or are familiar with the process of using level floor and string lines (very fiddly) to measure toe in/out then by all means give it a go, but don't rely on \"x turns = y mm toe in\" o do it, always measure the result.
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understeer issues

Postby trader » Mon Jul 17, 2006 11:13 pm

Thanks for the advice guys - will take it up with the workshop.
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