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01-30-2002, 02:38 PM

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Alignment Specs

Can anyone comment on these alignment specs?
I had my 2000 A4 1.8TQ (non-sport) that was lowered with eibach/bilsteins aligned today. Below is what the read out stated before and after. Can someone interpret them for me?

BEFORE
Left Right
Front
Camber -1.6 -1.3
Cross Camber -0.4
Toe -0.18 -0.25
Total Toe -0.43

Rear
Camber -1.7 -1.4
Cross Camber -0.3
Toe -0.03 -0.39
Total Toe -0.43
Thrust Angle 0.18
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AFTER
Left Right
Front
Camber -1.6 -1.4
Cross Camber -0.2
Toe 0.18 0.16
Total Toe 0.34

Rear
Camber -1.3 -0.9
Cross Camber 0.4
Toe 0.12 0.05
Total Toe 0.17
Thrust Angle 0.03

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01-30-2002, 02:46 PM

Sourdough Josh

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Re: Alignment Specs

Well, if your toe and camber were both zero degrees, your tire would be perfectly straight up and down, left and right.

| ------ |
| ------ |
| ------| Straight tire (looking dead-on
| ------ | as if car driving at you)
| ------ |
| ------ |
| -------|

| ------ |
..| ------ |
....| ------ | Exagerrated bad camber
......| ------ |
........| ------ |
..........| ------ |
............| -------|

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Overhead of car with toe-in