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    Veteran Member Three Rings nihil's Avatar
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    Alighment questions/hit a curb

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    Right, so this curb jumped up out of the middle of nowhere and assaulted my front passenger side stock 17" 5 spoke wheel. On the way home the steering felt heavier than normal, but did not pull to either side, so I'm assuming I just gave myself a bit of toe-in. Steering wheel is still centered, it's just heavy.

    So my questions are:
    - Do you think it would be ok to drive it for a few days with the extra toe?

    - Do quattros pull straight even if the alignment is significantly off? (it's my first AWD street car, plenty of off-road 4x4 experience though)

    - What specs should I get it aligned to? I like the twisties but enjoy a good straight run as well. I heard the B7 RS4 specs are nice.


    Even before I curbed it I noticed the steering was heavy compared to the B7/B8 S-line loaner I was in while they were doing the brake booster under recall.

    I'm going to go sand and paint that spoke now, just figured I'd run this by you guys.

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    Veteran Member Three Rings nihil's Avatar
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    Re: Alignment questions/hit a curb

    Bump? It goes in tomorrow for the alignment, the local dealer said there shouldn't be any problem aligning it to alternate specs..

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    2002 A4 1.8TQMS (sold)
    1982 MB Geländewagen 300GD
    1968 Charger R/T

    1987 Porsche 944 (sold)
    2015 Tacoma TRD/OR
    2007 4Runner
    2022 Tenere700
    2009 TW200


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    Veteran Member Four Rings audikid66's Avatar
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    Re: Alighment questions/hit a curb

    not sure i need to get an alignment myself...don't feel bad i bombed over a curb into a ladys front lawn...still havent had mine aligned since ha..
    Current car: Stage 3+ 2002 Audi allroad 6 speed

    Past cars:
    imola b6 avant 5spd/URS4 avant Big turbo aan/B7 RS4/k04 b5 Avant /BAT B5 Rally car/B6 Ultrasport/TT / multiple B5 A4 /5 speed ford f-150

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