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    Veteran Member Three Rings leftovers's Avatar
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    Double check my alignment results

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    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.

    2004 A4 Ultrasport, 1.8T, 6MT
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    Veteran Member Four Rings LoKisSpYdR's Avatar
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    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.
    B6 A4 1.8T Dolphin Gray qM
    4L Q7 3.0T Glacier White PP

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    Veteran Member Three Rings leftovers's Avatar
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    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.
    2004 A4 Ultrasport, 1.8T, 6MT
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    Veteran Member Four Rings LoKisSpYdR's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by leftovers View Post
    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.
    B6 A4 1.8T Dolphin Gray qM
    4L Q7 3.0T Glacier White PP

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    Veteran Member Three Rings leftovers's Avatar
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    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.

    2004 A4 Ultrasport, 1.8T, 6MT
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    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/showth...ight=alignment
    Last edited by Mister W; 11-06-2014 at 10:49 AM.
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    That's the thread I used.

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