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Old 09-27-2017, 09:36 AM   #51
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One of the things that need to be added to this thread is the stock aligment numbers for the differnt models.
Yes, that's what I am looking for.
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Old 03-03-2019, 01:42 PM   #52
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Absolutely going to give this a go in the near future and will try to compare math vs. level vs. smartphone.
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Old 03-13-2019, 08:17 PM   #53
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Absolutely going to give this a go in the near future and will try to compare math vs. level vs. smartphone.
Patience is the big key to doing your own alignments.

I've been doing all of mine since the early 1980's. Right there in my own driveway, with various methods of making the measurements. After that, it's only "wrench work".

As for coincidence, I finally managed to get the left front camber on our brand-new 2019 WRX close to where I wanted it to be. The right side was 'cake'. All I've got left is maybe a little final toe tweaking, once I do the parallel strings setup.


FWIW, "stock alignment numbers" can mean different things.

First, there's "factory preferred", which is usually what an alignment tech will shoot for.

There's also some tolerance either side of that, and in the case of camber and caster, tolerances on how much difference is allowed to exist between the measurements on the wheels at the same end of the car (called "cross-camber and cross-caster, respectively). This would cover what Subaru feels is still acceptably close.

And then there's the alignment numbers that happen to work best for each individual. This really could be the same as "factory preferred", but if your driving is significantly more "enthusiastic" than whatever average driver that Subaru chose their specs for - or significantly less so - then your alignment numbers probably shouldn't match "factory preferred".


Let's just say that in my own case, the RF camber was essentially at "factory preferred" but the LF camber was barely within both the minimum spec for camber and the maximum tolerance for cross. What's there now is just a touch less negative than the max negative end of the factory range with barely 0.1° of cross.


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Old 03-17-2020, 12:08 AM   #54
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One of the things that need to be added to this thread is the stock aligment numbers for the differnt models.
That would be nice to know for sure
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Old 03-17-2020, 07:42 AM   #55
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That would be nice to know for sure
I think a separate sticky started by somebody willing to update post #1 with verified data would be a better way to do it. As this thread continues to grow, anything added here will end up buried once it's kicked up off the last page.


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Old 03-25-2020, 05:41 PM   #56
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Worked well for me
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Old 03-25-2020, 06:05 PM   #57
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It really isn't that hard as long as you bring a bit of patience to the table.


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Old 02-15-2021, 06:52 AM   #58
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This the most important thing to check whenever you are going for long trip
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Thank you for the sticky.
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Alignment section from the manual for 2005 Subaru Legacy: https://imgur.com/a/e0dtf4v
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