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leftovers
11-06-2014, 08:32 AM
After finishing up the air ride install and adjustable upper control arms, I went in for an alignment. I asked them for this:
Front
Camber: -2.5 deg (per side)
Toe: 0 (or up 0.10 deg total toe in)

Rear
Camber: -1.5 to -2 deg (per side)
Toe: 0.20 total toe in (IIRC this is 1/8" total toe in)

I had that done in August. The picture below shows how it turned out.

I just put new rotors and calipers on the front. And in the process of doing that, I noticed that I have 0 tread left on my rear tires. They are evenly worn across the surface, but they are completely done. The front tires look great.

I bought the tires used and I knew that 2 of them were a little lower in tread than the others, but it wasn't that far off. It is certainly possible that they just wore out, but I didn't think it was going to happen quite that fast. It caught me a little off guard. I just want to make sure that my alignment numbers are ok before I switch to winter tires and have an issue with them, too.

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj86/projectxj/a4%20b7/alignment/4771A4FC-00ED-4763-B4BA-AFC5E6970B6F.jpg (http://s270.photobucket.com/user/projectxj/media/a4%20b7/alignment/4771A4FC-00ED-4763-B4BA-AFC5E6970B6F.jpg.html)

LoKisSpYdR
11-06-2014, 08:38 AM
That's pretty freaking good. You can get your fronts more dialed in with adjustable UCA's or seeing if they can loosen and tap the subframe IIRC; But honestly that doesn't look too bad at all.

leftovers
11-06-2014, 08:47 AM
I do have adjustable UCA's. It says so in the first line of my post. [;)]

Thanks for the double check. I just wanted to make sure my rear tire wear wasn't a direct result of the alignment.

LoKisSpYdR
11-06-2014, 09:14 AM
I do have adjustable UCA's. It says so in the first line of my post. [;)]

Thanks for the double check. I just wanted to make sure my rear tire wear wasn't a direct result of the alignment.

Sorry, must've missed it.

You don't have excessive camber/toe so I doubt that that is your issue. Post up your pre-adjustment results and that should give a better idea, although I doubt they were the same prior to the bags.

leftovers
11-06-2014, 09:26 AM
They didn't take a measurement before they started. I'm sure it was way off. I only drove it about 100 miles like that though.

Before bags, this is what it looked like. I see there was a fair amount of additional toe in the rear, but I don't think it was excessive enough to cause tire wear.

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj86/projectxj/a4%20b7/alignment/5858D8CA-4F98-4C7A-8AAD-2C1EA41C0805.jpg (http://s270.photobucket.com/user/projectxj/media/a4%20b7/alignment/5858D8CA-4F98-4C7A-8AAD-2C1EA41C0805.jpg.html)

Mister W
11-06-2014, 10:15 AM
I saw a post somewhere about the perfect alignment, i think cornelius made it.
what are the oem specs supposed to be and why change it for another one? Do you guys have a proven better alignment specs?

UPDATE: nevermind, found it http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/477520-A-lot-of-good-Alignment-info?highlight=alignment

leftovers
11-06-2014, 04:05 PM
That's the thread I used.