Alignment Guru's Part II
08-19-2008, 06:46 AM
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Over the years and now that I track my TT regularly - my opinions on settings have changed
If you only track your car once or twice a year - i'd run typical street settings of -1 degree in the front with .05 or 1/16 toe and -1.6 with the same toe in the rear. If you track more frequently - you'll realize that those don't work quite as well. I've been running -1.3 upfront with .05 toe with no wear issues. I'm going to increase it to as much as I can get which will be -1.5 to -1.6 and go with zero toe on next alignment. I went with -1.8 in the rear because I increased front camber and it was a mistake - car plows much more now. It will be brought back to -1.3 to -1.5 with zero toe.
08-19-2008, 07:32 AM
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You'll still need to center the subframe to get that front camber evened out.
On the rear, you can live with that camber, though the car will feel a little heavy. You need to address the toe though.. Most generic alignment shops have no clue as to how to adjust this.. The mounting points for the trailing arms are slotted...YOu need to address this..
<img src="http://images116.fotki.com/v693/photos/7/7305/63346/trailingarm-vi.jpg">
On the rear, you can live with that camber, though the car will feel a little heavy. You need to address the toe though.. Most generic alignment shops have no clue as to how to adjust this.. The mounting points for the trailing arms are slotted...YOu need to address this..
<img src="http://images116.fotki.com/v693/photos/7/7305/63346/trailingarm-vi.jpg">
08-19-2008, 08:53 AM
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Only as a default...>
Because there are no (factory) Rear camber adjustments. When you lower, the rear cambers in naturally due to the suspension geometry. So called S-Line "specs" are changed to account for this. Does not mean it's correct. There are no S-Line suspension set-ups in the US except those that have been added after the fact (3.2 is an s-line badge only).
For an example of how the camber changes with lowering, hit the link!<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/tt/msgs/1101053.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/tt/msgs/1101053.phtml</a</li></ul>
For an example of how the camber changes with lowering, hit the link!<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/tt/msgs/1101053.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/tt/msgs/1101053.phtml</a</li></ul>
08-19-2008, 10:04 AM
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Cool. Thanks for the advice...
I think the front was adjusted more as it was not finalized by the time this was printed out. I should have asked for one once it was complete but I forgot as I was in a rush to get back to work. I do have one question. I will probably end up getting a RSB in the future. Will I need another alignment once I get that or does it not matter?