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Old May 31, 2019 | 07:53 PM
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Do these numbers look right for a 2014 A4 Premium Plus Quattro?
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Old Jun 1, 2019 | 12:02 AM
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They're green. mostly. :-)
The toes seem right in the middle of the range printed on my last sheet.
But your cambers are at the end of the range, maximum negative. -1.1 for front and -1.8 for rear.
So the rear camber is red, but just barely. But rear camber can be independently adjusted. Guess this is a third party shop; they never seem to be willing to do rear camber on my '09 A4.
Front camber cannot be adjusted with stock components. Just rebalanced left/right, and you see yours is already balanced.
Good for cornering, not so good for grooved roads and tire wear.
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Old Jun 1, 2019 | 03:37 AM
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Midas guy pointed out the red and said that's where the specs want it at. Yes, I went to the first place I could find available, yesterday.

The Audi service center in DSM is a joke but that's a whole other story. I did my 55K mile service there only because I had to. Generally, I have Audi of Iowa City pick it up and bring it back all taken care of. Get this, Audi DSM tried to charge me $856 for the 55K service and brake fluid change. While they were working on it, I called Iowa City and got a quote emailed to me. Guess how much? $449 total for everything, tax included. DSM ended up matching their quote which is nice but trying to charge me double for the same service? What the F? And when the service guy tried to say they do 3.5 hours of work vs Iowa City allocating 1.5 hrs for the service...I tried my best not to laugh. I had the list of services for both and had already compared them. They were identical, just listed in different order. Then he says, DSM labor is more because Iowa City is a college town. What? I'm thinking..dude, stop talking.. Right now.. For your own good 🤣

Because of the alignment getting messed up, my front right tire went completely bald and I mean it was smooth by the time I noticed it. I had my tires replaced yesterday and wanted the alignment fixed ASAP. I'll upload the before so you can see the front toe numbers. I have no idea what it means but he said it was bad.
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Here's the before.
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Old Jun 1, 2019 | 03:55 AM
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Does it drive straight? (Without requiring too much compensation when the road surface is not perfectly horisontal,).
Reason for asking is the unbalanced rear Toe angles.
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Originally Posted by audi8k
Does it drive straight? (Without requiring too much compensation when the road surface is not perfectly horisontal,).
Reason for asking is the unbalanced rear Toe angles.
I think so but I didn't drive it much after the alignment yesterday. I did let go of the steering wheel for a but sand don't think it went to either side. I'll test it out today.
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