Cant Align Rear Tire, Might Have Frame Damage?

Genzen

Hey guys! need some help. Took my 370 to get an alignment the other day and they said they couldn't align one of my rear tires ive looked underneath and have found nothing bent or broken. asked the mechanics there to take a look too they said nothing was wrong. what the guy from FireStone told me was i might have a bent frame and that the wheel or a part bent with it thats why they cant see it

Cyber370

Hmmm..........Firestone! You need to bring it to an alignment shop that does high end sports cars. Not sure how competent Firestone is in California but around these parts, we avoid these sorts of places.

I'd get a second opinion. I really doubt you'd have frame damage if can't see any damage from underneath.

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Spooler

What part can't be aligned? Toe, Camber ? Are you lowered? You can get aftermarket toe bolts or camber arms. Sounds like the shop that looked at it have no clue.

kenchan

show da after alignment data..

DavidZ370

DO YOURSELF a favor and take it to Darin @ WestEnd alignment in CA

Nixin

Maybe the wheel is out of round.

littlejuanito

I have a similar issue where my front camber has a .7 degree difference left from right. I took my car to Precision Z for an alignment and was told the vehicle may have frame damage since it was too much of a difference.

I told them that was highly unlikely since I bought the vehicle brand new and has never been in an accident although I heard its due to car built tolerances.

I made an appointment at West End Alignment so lets see how that goes.

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Genzen

Thank you guys so much for all the opinions and i will take it to a higher end alignment place once i get new rims and tires and eliminate all the other variables.

Genzen

i threw the after alignment data due to rain damage. but i am sure it was toe

SouthArk370Z

If you want to check for yourself, the FSM has distances between different points on the chassis - just so one can check frame squareness. Two people and a tape measure should be all it takes (once you get the car in the air).

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Genzen

Will try that

kenchan

at one point people were doing string alignments..

Spooler

Yeah, like adjusting for the crown of the road. I always had to tell them to set it to Nissan spec dead in the middle. If they got it wrong I would have an ill handling pig.