Quote Originally Posted by WCCoffey View Post
I have an alignment rack in my shop and we do tons of alignments (we are a Ferrari/Lambo Shop) and I run our race team, so I spend alot of time on a setup pad.

First of all, you never want toe in on the front of a car. Toe out in the front & toe in in the rear.

Second, There is no such thing as a special adapater for lowered cars. I use the same everything for my Chevy 2500 Crew Cab 4WD diesel as I use on a Ferrari street cars and race cars, (most of the time I string the race cars though)

Third, The whole premise behind the lifetime alignment is that every time you come in they are going to tell you that your shit is all worn out and you have to replace a bunch of it and its going to cost XXX.XX If you decline the work, I believe that makes you forfeit the lifetime alignment.

Fourth, The alignment has more to do with the individual doing the work than anything else. I've seen hacks put prybars between frame rails and control arms to pry it out and dent/bend parts and fuck up paint just so they could get a shim in on 500k$+ cars at "reputable" shop. You'll find terrible and great alignment guys everywhere.

My suggestion to you is do some research, talk to locals and find a good shop that does good work, is knowledgeable with aftermarket components and stick with them. Because the Firestone at the intersection of A & B could have the best guy ever, but the one at the intersection of X & Y could be a total hack.
Thanks for the info. I agree, I've been to so called reputable shops that f'ed my alignment before, but also been to a small mom-n-pop shop that the guy knew what he was doing on and the car drove great. I'm right at that time where I need to put new tires on, so debating doing the alignment again.

I'm a bit surprised you are saying toe out in the front? Isn't it -toe on the front? I thought that negative was toe "in". Or maybe I have it backwards?

The alignment shop I just used gave me -3 total toe up front, which though it's in spec, combined with camber seems like it would destroy my tires. I'm not slammed at all, but low enough to throw off camber up front.