Wheel alignment help

[alnoor15]

Hey yall, I been holding this off for a while now and was hoping to get some opinions & guidance on what to do next. I currently have a 2015 Audi A4 with 85K miles. Back in early 2021, I hit a really bad pothole and messed up my alignment. In March of 2021, I got a wheel alignment from a local mechanic shop when my car had about 68K miles. After they did the wheel alignment, it seems like the right front camber and left rear camber they could not really fix, and told me I would need to go to a audi shop because those two spots needed special equipment. For the most part, the alignment the local mechanic shop did fixed about 80% of the steering wheel, but the steering wheel is still a bit off, and I have been driving like that for about the past 17K miles with no issues really except hearing the right side of the wheels shake at high speeds (very minimal but felt). My question is - Do I need to go to a audi shop to get this fixed? Ideally it would be best if I dont have to go because I know their price will be much highest, but also not sure if another local shop will tell me the same thing to go to an audi shop. If I do go to an audi shop, would I be able to show them the specs of the wheel alignment I got and get a price based on that? Below is the before and after from the alignment I got from the local shop.

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[old guy]

The only thing that shop did for you was to adjust the front toe. Nothing else was touched.

The rear toe and rear camber is totally adjustable. The rear camber has an eccentric cam that allows for adjustment. Any competent alignment shop should be able to dial in the rear camber.



The front camber is a different story. It is not adjustable. Sometimes it is possible to shift the subframe to get it centered up. Unfortunately, reviewing your front camber specs, I don't think that will be possible. I suspect that you have a bent component or two in your front right suspension.

Centering the steering wheel is pretty straight forward. You can even do that yourself. Here is how: Clicky click®️

[alnoor15]

The only thing that shop did for you was to adjust the front toe. Nothing else was touched.

The rear toe and rear camber is totally adjustable. The rear camber has an eccentric cam that allows for adjustment. Any competent alignment shop should be able to dial in the rear camber.



The front camber is a different story. It is not adjustable. Sometimes it is possible to shift the subframe to get it centered up. Unfortunately, reviewing your front camber specs, I don't think that will be possible. I suspect that you have a bent component or two in your front right suspension.

Centering the steering wheel is pretty straight forward. You can even do that yourself. Here is how: Clicky click®️

Bringing this post back to life, thinking about going to goodyear this weekend to see if anything can be done. Anything I can expect from them?