Damn dealerships.... Alignment..

zguynate · 08-03-2015, 02:06 PM

A friend of mine is the lead tech at a local Firestone. Luckily for me he and the general manager have a good relationship. I got my lifetime at $99. Its perfect for a project car because you can literally take the car in as much as you want. I wouldn't advise to do that, but you can. Pay for your alignment, and you can walk through with the tech on how to work your arms. Then, in the future, give a $20 tip to the tech doing the work to ensure a quality job.

Rusty · 08-03-2015, 08:19 PM

Hey Fart, what alignment specs are you shooting for?

OldFart · 08-03-2015, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Rusty

Hey Fart, what alignment specs are you shooting for?

Nothing radical, in fact as it sits now, 3 out of the 4 tires are fine, a little bit of neg. camber but nothing extreme. Did raise the height to 26.5", both camber settings in the front were -.5, just the driver side didn't show it. Actually everything was in the green on the spec sheet.

Someone mentioned about the sway bar shifting, car only has 85 miles on since everything was changed. Pep Boys did call after getting car on rack and said everything was just as dealership spec wise put it, the Service Manager wanted me to stop by and show what I was referring to, after I showed him the adjusters he is more than willing to put in back on the rack and see if anything amiss and make adjustments.

Z-Girl 12 · 08-03-2015, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by YzGyz

Look up some Firestone in your area. Give them a call and see if they are low car accessible. If they say yes, take the drive there and see if your can can get on the ramp. If you can, hand him $200 for the life time alignment deal. It's well worth it in if you own a sports car. Anytime you think you need to get it re-aligned, set an appointment and your good to go.

YzGyz

Great recommendation

all the guys at my Firestone are sitting on coils and are aftermarket freaks. Paid the $175 for lifetime alignment. 4yrs later still a great investment!

critical · 08-03-2015, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by OldFart

Nothing radical, in fact as it sits now, 3 out of the 4 tires are fine, a little bit of neg. camber but nothing extreme. Did raise the height to 26.5", both camber settings in the front were -.5, just the driver side didn't show it. Actually everything was in the green on the spec sheet.

Someone mentioned about the sway bar shifting, car only has 85 miles on since everything was changed. Pep Boys did call after getting car on rack and said everything was just as dealership spec wise put it, the Service Manager wanted me to stop by and show what I was referring to, after I showed him the adjusters he is more than willing to put in back on the rack and see if anything amiss and make adjustments.

from the service manual: "When displaying the alignment settings, many alignment machines use “indicators”: (Green/red, plus or
minus, Go/No Go). Never use these indicators."

also like i was saying you need more negative camber. your arms aren't adjusted properly. you're past the max safe settings. when they're backed out and are sitting properly you'll have more negative camber than you have now.

http://www.splparts.com/content/SPLFUAZ34.pdf

OldFart · 08-04-2015, 03:35 PM

Picking tbe car up tomorrow morning. Will post pics of car and the spec sheet. They ended up setting the camber ar -1.8 degrees. Says it doesn't look agressive but gives me the clearance I didn't have before.

Rusty · 08-04-2015, 04:27 PM

With the SPL arms. You have to adjust camber and caster at the same time. Interested in your final spec sheet to see what the caster is too.

08-03-2015, 02:06 PM	#16 (permalink)
zguynate A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Strangeland Posts: 1,054 Drives: 09 370z Rep Power: 73	A friend of mine is the lead tech at a local Firestone. Luckily for me he and the general manager have a good relationship. I got my lifetime at $99. Its perfect for a project car because you can literally take the car in as much as you want. I wouldn't advise to do that, but you can. Pay for your alignment, and you can walk through with the tech on how to work your arms. Then, in the future, give a $20 tip to the tech doing the work to ensure a quality job. __________________ 2009 370z touring w/sports package

08-03-2015, 08:19 PM	#17 (permalink)
Rusty Ronin Samurai - Assassin Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky Age: 68 Posts: 35,180 Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M Rep Power: 2684437	Hey Fart, what alignment specs are you shooting for? __________________ 浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html

08-04-2015, 04:27 PM	#22 (permalink)
Rusty Ronin Samurai - Assassin Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Fayettenam,Pennsyltucky Age: 68 Posts: 35,180 Drives: 2011 Nismo GM 6M Rep Power: 2684437	With the SPL arms. You have to adjust camber and caster at the same time. Interested in your final spec sheet to see what the caster is too. __________________ 浪人 - 殺し屋 "The Difficult Anytime, The Impossible By Appointment Only" http://www.the370z.com/members-370z-...o-journal.html

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OldFart Track Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Carlisle, PA Age: 61 Posts: 682 Drives: 2011 Wannabe Nismo Rep Power: 960	Picking tbe car up tomorrow morning. Will post pics of car and the spec sheet. They ended up setting the camber ar -1.8 degrees. Says it doesn't look agressive but gives me the clearance I didn't have before.