Alignment, camber, vibration?

[bcar240]

First of all sorry in advance. I had something come up and I added a post to an old thread and then realized that the old thread's title didn't match the new problem. I have had some great help so far, but just wondering if anyone else had any thoughts. I guess just post over in there if you have any ideas to minimize confusion.

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I am mainly concerned at this point at what to tell the shop to do to it.

Again, I apologize, I realize this is pretty bad netiquette.

[crzycav86]

If you want help, don't make us search through a thread for your problem.

How can we help you?

[bcar240]

k, I get what your sayin, lots of irrelevant stuff in that other thread. Basically, I just replaced tie rods, tension rods, and LCAs with aftermarket stuff. Also I got new wheels and tires. I took it in to get aligned and asked them to set it at -2 camber, of course this required special camber bolts so they put them on and supposedly dialed it in. Now the car is driving weird. It seems to have vibration at certain speeds, and I think it is mainly coming from one wheel. The shop is just assuming it is because of my "special" settings that is causing all the problem. He said that you requested "race car settings, that will eat your wheels much, much faster, and will make it hard to drive on the street." They mentioned one of the wheels looked to be out of round when they were balancing it, and said that some cars you will never notice and others will never drive right. I am just wondering what I should have the shop do now, either to fix, or find the problem. Thanks!

[McRussellPants]

In conclusion.

The guy who aligned your car is a blow hard... find someone to align your car that won't jerk you off with liability talk.

It could be so many things... Id check the bent wheel first... if not you prolly have a link thats screwed up in there somewhere.

[bcar240]

The more I deal with the shop the more that sounds true. Just for the record though, how much do you notice -2 camber as opposed to stock? I mean the acceptable range for stock camber goes up to -1.5, so that is not much of a change. I know quite a few people on here that run that, and I have never seen bad comments about it. The car seemed to corner like it was on rails, just had some quirky points. The shop claims that they finished the settings right before closing, so they had time to test drive but not enough time to make any adjustments after that, and apparently it was a miscommunication that they told me the car was ready because the alignment guy wanted to call me first and ask what I wanted to do. So for now I think I am gonna take it back and let them mess with it, with the instructions that I want to run -2 camber as long as that is not what is causing the problem (I don't think it is). Nearly everything in the front suspension is brand new, thanks to a damn unmarked traffic circle (wasn't a very bad impact, but an excuse to upgrade ), including the wheels. So I guess if any of that is screwed I will contact the manufacturer or retailer.