BAD Alignment... What do I need to fix this???

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rsmithdrift
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Joined: Fri Jan 27, 2006 2:18 pm
Car: 1993 240sx fastback se.

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So I have an S13 fastback with Megan Street Coilovers, otherwise stock.

I had an alignment check done on my car. It doesn't pull at all, but I wanted to check/fix front toe, and the guys at Goodyear come to me and say I need to have a look at this... never a good thing.

This is what they show me:Camber: (LF) -.42 (RF) -1.3(LR) -2.2 (RR) -2.2

TOE:(LF) +0.34 (RF) +1.12(LR) -0.36 (RR) -1.07

Caster:(LF) +4.41 (RF) +7.77

Obviously something tragic happened to the right side of this car.... They could have fixed the front toe to be back in spec at +0.10 BUT they said they couldn't fix the rear toe and that it was adjusted ALL THE WAY out on the right side and that it would make the car crab walk down the road if they touched anything on it and it'd be pointless to try to adjust anything without new parts for the rear end. They asked about the coilovers, but they are all adjusted evenly as far as left/right. I measured everything very precisely when I installed them and made sure everything was tight. So all we can think is something bad happened to this car and tweaked it a little bit. My guess is it was that fire hydrant my buddy hit with the right front...

So what do I need to fix this? I need to somehow adjust the right front caster, the rear camber is obvious (RUCA's), and IDK what I need to be able to adjust the rear toe.
Modified by rsmithdrift at 5:42 PM 1/28/2009


dtowndrifter
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Joined: Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:14 pm
Car: s-14 kouki

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To adjust the rear toe...Get adjustable rear toe arms..like you would with the camber/ruca....As for the front caster you can get adjutable caster/tension arms....

you probably have your car lowered, to where you cannot align it with the stock arms..You have to get adjustable arms....

I have adjustable camber in front along with caster/tension rod...The rear i have adjustable ruca's with toe arms..

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Gabes13
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Car: rb20det s13
Location: St. Pete, Fl.

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worn and broken bushings alter alignments too.

s13rb25det
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Joined: Wed Mar 23, 2005 5:30 pm
Car: 92 240sx w/rb25det

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I had to get RUCAs and rear toe rods when I lowered my s13. it doesnt take much lowering before the stock ones are maxed out.


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