Specs?
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Specs?
Morning A-worlders..I was shopping for a place to have my A4 realigned, since it'll be dropped this coming Friday and was on the phone with the Firestone guy. He said that he would need the specs of the car to do the job. I didn't know where I'd get that info, so I told him that i'd get back to him with that. Where would i find that stuff? I'll be having the Koni's and H&R sports combo on my A4 2.8Qtip. Thanks for the help..
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Re: what kinda specs?
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He mentioned that the machine they use to do the alignment is a standard machine..I guess he needs the info to find out how much lower the car would be? In all honesty, I have no idea. I'll prolly just ask the guys doing the lowering, then. Firestone only charges 75 bucks to do the job.
He mentioned that the machine they use to do the alignment is a standard machine..I guess he needs the info to find out how much lower the car would be? In all honesty, I have no idea. I'll prolly just ask the guys doing the lowering, then. Firestone only charges 75 bucks to do the job.
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There have been a lot of topics on alignment, but I dont thing any list the numbers.
The front camber cannot be adjusted, but it can be "balanced" (made the same on each side by moving a lower subframe that ties the front lower control arms together). The manual has a spec for camber depending on the suspension (springs), but all it amounts to is an acknowledgement that as the car gets lower, the camber increases. There is no factory spec for springs lower than "sport". With a 1.5" below stock height spring (e.g. the Audi accessory sport or "Eurosport" springs), it seems around -1.3 degrees is typical.
Rear camber can be adjusted a little, again it is more important that the camber be the same on each side. Also there is no spec for springs lower than "sport". Mine are around -1.7 degrees after lowering from "sport" springs to "Eurosport" and were not changed. If going from stock height, some adjustment to get the camber under a coupld degrees may be appropriate. No funny tire wear or handling has resulted with -1.7 degrees.
Front toe-in can be adjusted, and it can move a bit from one sitting height to another, although mine didnt. The rear also has tow adjustment and this is used to ensure the wheels are true to the car as well as parallel.
No provision for caster adjustment was included in the car.
The front camber cannot be adjusted, but it can be "balanced" (made the same on each side by moving a lower subframe that ties the front lower control arms together). The manual has a spec for camber depending on the suspension (springs), but all it amounts to is an acknowledgement that as the car gets lower, the camber increases. There is no factory spec for springs lower than "sport". With a 1.5" below stock height spring (e.g. the Audi accessory sport or "Eurosport" springs), it seems around -1.3 degrees is typical.
Rear camber can be adjusted a little, again it is more important that the camber be the same on each side. Also there is no spec for springs lower than "sport". Mine are around -1.7 degrees after lowering from "sport" springs to "Eurosport" and were not changed. If going from stock height, some adjustment to get the camber under a coupld degrees may be appropriate. No funny tire wear or handling has resulted with -1.7 degrees.
Front toe-in can be adjusted, and it can move a bit from one sitting height to another, although mine didnt. The rear also has tow adjustment and this is used to ensure the wheels are true to the car as well as parallel.
No provision for caster adjustment was included in the car.
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