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Old 09-10-2010, 01:56 PM   #26
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Awesome sticky since just doing my inner and outer tierods my alignment is so off.
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Old 01-25-2011, 02:00 PM   #27
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Anyone know of a good way to measure caster?
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Old 01-25-2011, 04:02 PM   #28
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Anyone know of a good way to measure caster?
With a macstrut suspension, the angle of the strut relative to vertical is the caster angle. Put a magnetic digital level on the side of your strut tube. It'll likely measure around 84* on your car (meaning 90-84 = 6* of caster).
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Old 03-22-2011, 12:45 AM   #29
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Thanks! Helped alot.
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Old 08-25-2011, 02:23 AM   #30
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awesome write up, will use this in the future!
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Old 11-06-2011, 09:08 PM   #31
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Default Alignment, camber issues

My car has a 4 inch lift by SJR and the rear wheels now have too much camber,,,is there any way to adjust camber on the rear with a lift kit on it? also the car pulls to the right, and I am wondering more about the diy approach to that one...Thanks~
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Old 12-14-2011, 12:39 PM   #32
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Aloha Guys! I recently bought a 2004 sti with a recon title and have been fixing it up. I took it in for alignment and found that the rear driver side was off, causing a slight occasional pull to the left. THe tech couldn't adjust the rear because of the stock tophats. Should I buy coil overs that are adjustable or just rear camber plates? Thanks for your help!
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Old 12-14-2011, 06:15 PM   #33
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My car has a 4 inch lift by SJR and the rear wheels now have too much camber,,,is there any way to adjust camber on the rear with a lift kit on it? also the car pulls to the right, and I am wondering more about the diy approach to that one...Thanks~
Try camber bolts? Assuming you're a gd chassis.

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Aloha Guys! I recently bought a 2004 sti with a recon title and have been fixing it up. I took it in for alignment and found that the rear driver side was off, causing a slight occasional pull to the left. THe tech couldn't adjust the rear because of the stock tophats. Should I buy coil overs that are adjustable or just rear camber plates? Thanks for your help!
What was off? The camber? Toe?

I reccommend coilovers (stance, bc, etc) that come w/ rear camber plates, it makes adjusting them easy as hell compared to camber bolts (which requires taking the wheels on/off)
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Old 05-17-2012, 06:48 PM   #34
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thanks for the info
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Old 12-20-2012, 01:58 AM   #35
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good one
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Old 02-10-2013, 12:25 PM   #36
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Does anybody happen to know the length of an OEM 2003 wrx sedan trailing arm? My searching only finds wagon posts.
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Old 07-07-2013, 08:34 AM   #37
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Old 09-18-2013, 06:23 PM   #38
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thats right, the shop i went too did my camber wrong had to adjust it myself
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Old 04-12-2014, 03:25 AM   #39
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thank you, going to give it a try. my cousin pays about $75 every couple of months to get
an alignment because of all his mods. maybe i'll charge him $50
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Old 06-10-2014, 11:10 AM   #40
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would not having the front end properly aligned cause the steering wheel to shutter while braking? It will not shutter at lower speeds but at 78 and above it shutters...
I just put on new 4 Calipers, pads, and rotors... sooo


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Old 08-22-2014, 08:35 PM   #41
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I adjusted the front camber on my mom's 2010 Impreza OBS, the tires were wearing significantly on the inner edges so turned the camber bolts out a few marks. Will keep an eye on and adjust as necessary. The tires are shot so it's pretty much a stop gap measure until new tires and alignment.
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Old 01-30-2015, 02:33 AM   #42
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Wil this work on my 95?
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Old 02-05-2015, 06:54 PM   #43
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How do you guys reach the toe adjusters with the car on the ground and no lift available?
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Old 02-05-2015, 07:16 PM   #44
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would not having the front end properly aligned cause the steering wheel to shutter while braking? It will not shutter at lower speeds but at 78 and above it shutters...
I just put on new 4 Calipers, pads, and rotors... sooo


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Have you check the balls joints, the control arm bushings? Usually when you get juttering/shaking while braking it is a warped rotor. but if you have just changed them and they are still shaking while braking...i would check for something loose on your front end. Good Luck bro
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Old 02-17-2015, 05:18 PM   #45
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Just had my bushings replaced and had shop align it. May try this next time.
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Old 03-22-2015, 04:58 PM   #46
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Nice write up. I will use this in the future! I live on a paved road that has lots of frost heaves. I need to stiffen the suspension up some as the car bottoms out too easy.
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Old 08-25-2016, 05:58 PM   #47
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I just had a short block replacement on my 11 Fozzy just got it back yesterday and I noticed that it's pulling pretty hard to the right after the swap. Do they usually mess with suspension or steering to pull an engine?

Just want to know before I go blame the dealership for screwing up the alignment.
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Old 11-13-2016, 09:31 PM   #48
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super helpful. Thank you!
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