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Old 12-10-2010, 11:11 PM
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so today i went to get an alignment and they told me that i would have to have my sub frame adjusted cuz its over 1° that its fucked up and thats all they have to play with. i got a print out with all the numbers. to me it looks like front right is fucked, and the car does coast to the right a bit. my front tires are aslo getting worn out on the dges rather than even on the whole tire. what should i do? they told me that i might have to go to a dealer and i really dont want to get ripped off lol

Front: Left
Camber -0.6° Specific Range -1.0° -0.2°
Caster 3.7°
Toe 0.38°* Specified Range 0.08° 0.25°
SAI 3.8°
Included Angle 3.2°

Front: Right
Camber -1.6° Specific Range -1.0° -0.2°
Caster 2.8°
Toe 0.30°* Specified Range 0.08° 0.25°
SAI 4.1°
Included Angle 2.5°

Front:
Cross Camber 0.9°* Specified Range -.05° 0.5°
Cross Caster 0.8°
Cross SAI -0.3°
Total Toe 0.68°* Specified Range 0.17° 0.50°

Rear: Left
Camber -0.4° Specified Range -1.2° -0.2°
Toe -0.04°* Specified Range 0.05° 0.22°

Rear: Right
Camber -0.7° Specified Range -1.2° -0.2°
Toe -0.01°* Specified Range 0.05° 0.22°

Rear:
Cross Camber 0.3° Specified Range -0.5° 0.5°
Total Toe -0.05°* Specified Range 0.10° 0.43°
Thrust Angle -0.02° Specified Range -0.17° 0.17°
Axle Offset 0.0in
 
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Old 12-11-2010, 12:11 AM
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Take it to Griffin Motorwerkes in Berkeley.

They specialize in Audis/VWs. Terry, the owner, is extremely knowledgable.

If anyone can set you straight (pun intended), its those guys.

http://g-werke.com
 
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Old 12-11-2010, 12:35 AM
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do you know how much it would cost me to get this **** straight? my dad says that we could probably do it by our selves, cuz after my moms ford countour was involved in a front end accident he had to align the subframe and so far so good. if its not too expensive i would rather have professionals do it
 
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Old 12-11-2010, 12:53 AM
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I believe labor is $115/h.
 
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Old 12-11-2010, 08:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Tourbo24
do you know how much it would cost me to get this **** straight? my dad says that we could probably do it by our selves, cuz after my moms ford countour was involved in a front end accident he had to align the subframe and so far so good. if its not too expensive i would rather have professionals do it
I wouldn't go half assed,when dealing with somthing like this. I suggest you go professional on this one,don't risk making your sub frame worse.
 
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Old 12-11-2010, 09:14 AM
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Hey my alignment never went straight and i chewed up 3 brand new $180 pair tires dont make my mistake
 
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