What did you do with your Z today

kenchan

Zforce- something's wrong with your alignment place. most places can get even toe angles on both sides with thrust angle no more than +/- 0.01. not sure why it's so off on both cars. were your cars in an accident?

The camber in the front is non-adjustable so unless you get a-arms no can do.

i would go to another alignment shop if your car is driving werd or tracking to one side. if you're fine with it i guess drive it as is.

ZForce

I am thinking the same, maybe a dropped plate is all it takes to throw the calibration off of the The Hunter rack.

As far as toe, the Nissan dealer went with Hunter's Win Align software and total toe is what counts versus individual toe matching, so I was told. Not sure if I am biting on that though. I did go with a conservative (tire saving) setting on the toe.

No accidents, and what puzzels me is the great difference in the camber between the front wheels. Makes me wonder if a part has worn and needs replaced. Have 26k miles on the car. These are so difficult to pin point what is throwing the alignment off so much.

How it drives? No pulling or driving weird, actually has quicker steering response since I had the rear camber set to the current setting.

I am going to fork over another Ben Franklin for another alignment at another shop.

Anyone in my area have a recommended alignment shop?

Fire

Actually it was yesterday. I took my Z for it's first servicing (1500 miles) and got locking lugs and Z valve stem caps. Also it got it's yearly NY inspection done. The interstate that I have to drive there on suxs. Potholes everywhere. Strangly the only thing I hit was a dead animal on the edge of the road. I had another car infront of me and was checking my mirrors so I didn't have time to avoid it. Luckily no damage. When you only have about 3 inches of ground clearance you worry alot. LOL. Going to do some serious wash and wax today and tomorrow to get ready for the Carlisle Show this weekend.

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kenchan

total toe does matter in respect to thrust angle... but if one side has more toe-in than the other while thrust angle is showing no dog legging there's something wrong either with the machine or your car, imo.

at the end of the day alignment numbers are just reference numbers though... when you got your weight, your passenger's, gas, tire psi, small changes occur. if your car is driving fine and appears to be driving straight (have your buddy drive behind you to verify) i'd just leave it.

as for the front camber hard to say... it could be wear but it can also be just programmed out of the factory. i guess you can get a-arms and then take it into another shop, get it all dialed in.

ZForce

Thanks for your feedback and advise. A-Arms will have to wait due to finances, but I will look for another alignment shop. Would hate to see these new RE-11's wear out in 5k miles due to poor alignment.