Alignment info

[azerik]

Is your car lowered?

Oh damn my alignment shop must of not been that good then. They were able to get the rears to only -3.3 -2.3 and the fronts to -1.3 -1.1. This is when eibach lower springs and koni shocks installed with new Pirelli P Zero All Season Plus 3 (225/55R-19).

They arn't pushing hard enough on the -3.3 side, the side being -2.3 is just needing a nudge. (I witnessed a -0.5 degree change when the tech added a little more umph to the bar pushing the arm out. The bolt is not camed, and needs the rear subframe lifted to take the weight off. If they don't lift the subframe high enough they're fighting the weight of the car to try to move that bolt.)

Man I need to find the replacement cam bolt for that.

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[rhougey]

They arn't pushing hard enough on the -3.3 side, the side being -2.3 is just needing a nudge. (I witnessed a -0.5 degree change when the tech added a little more umph to the bar pushing the arm out. The bolt is not camed, and needs the rear subframe lifted to take the weight off. If they don't lift the subframe high enough they're fighting the weight of the car to try to move that bolt.)

This is correct, and was my experience.

 

[dphunky]

Walnut Creek ford to the rescue. They got all four wheels within spec. This is with the eibach lowering springs installed.

 

[azerik]

Wow. I'd love to know what they did to get the rear camber that close to zero.

 

[markboris]

Erik, just realized you asked if the alignment specs I posted earlier were from my Mach-E that was lowered and yes it was, with the Eibach GT lowering springs. I specifically have them adjust the camber in the front to around -.7 and the rear to -1.5. I know they can adjust the rears to -1 or less because I have had them do this with other Mach-E's I've lowered.

 

[Rpgonzalez]

My shop took me from 0 to .3 toe in, AND didn’t center the steering wheel. This is my experience from many cars and almost all shops. My point is, they suck so almost prob won’t upset the ADAS or other sensors.

 

[azerik]

The ADAS doesn't need to be messed with, though a bunch of shops are going to use that as an excuse to not touch the car. Until they lose enough money NOT doing alignments that they drop that excuse.
The most expensive shop I've taken mine to required 3 tries to get it right.

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