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Install about a year ago, h&r street performance coilovers
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I had a new suspension installed about a year ago, H&R Street Performance coilovers.
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I had a new suspension installed about a year ago, H&R Street Performance coilovers. Took it in for an alignment today and decided to throw in the corner balance too. Total cost $500.
I took it to a high end shop that builds and services Porsche race cars. Don't know if I'll really notice a difference but just thought I would provide a price data point if anyone was going to have the corner balance done.
Sure, I'll will scan the printouts provided and post. I have no idea what it all means. I will say the car did seem to drive better. I drove 11 miles of twisty back roads between 30 - 60 mph on the way there this morning. On the way back the car just drove better. Ride height was adjusted slightly too.
I am looking to go coilovers, and recently inquired about this with my local indy shop.
Alignment was $165
Corner balance was ~$400
The kicker was, i figured just have them install too. Pfft, he said ~$200 per corner. For $800, i will take the time to put them on myself, then take it there for alignment and balance
Firestone, lifetime alignment, $180! But after the 4th time, they started getting a little cranky so I just switched stores for the 5th one.
Corner balance you just want to make sure your cross weights are even with driver or equivalent weight In the driver's seat.
Alignment spec on my '99 DD:
Front 0 camber 0 toe
Rear -1.2 camber and 1mm of toe in
And on my '99 track car:
Front -4.4 camber and 2mm toe out
Rear -3.8 camber and 2mm toe in
Total Weight: 3390
Fuel Tank: 50% full
Driver: 160 lbs
LF:629
RF:617
LR: 1106
RR: 1038
Cross Weight 1723 (50.8%) - 50/50 is ideal, perfect
Cross Weight 1667 (49.2%)
The best achievable cross weight was 50.3 and 49.7. I didn't want to pay the extra for them to attempt to reach this. Ride height is lower than factory.
Shop: Dougherty Automotive Services, 17 Hagerty Blvd. West Chester, PA 19382
The only tracking I do is the occasional visit to New Jersey Motorsport Park for the "Track Days" $190 for classroom instruction, tech inspection, and 4 x 20 minute sessions around the track. It's almost impossible to beat that price for the experience.
Doesn't matter if the suspension is factory or aftermarket as long as its not worn out
Was it done with a laser rack or strings?
For $500, it should be perfect.
Here are my alignment results
I readily admit I don't know much about alignments, but I trust this shop and their reputation. That said, a couple of my readings are off by
hundredths
of a degree. Are you suggesting that is so far off as to be negligent? My understanding of these modern alignment machines is you can "get it perfect" then walk away to put down your coffee and when you turn back around the reading have changed. Before computers and technical advancements alignments within 1/8 of a degree were acceptable. That's 12.5 hundredths of a degree. I only see two readings off. One by 5 hundredths of a degree and one by 3 hundredths of a degree. I can live with that, but then again I'm not too bright which helps ease the pain of reality.
LOL
Back when I was a roadie, that small a measure was expressed as a c_nt hair, if especially small a red c_nt hair or in mixed company a gnat's eyelash
One reason a string alignment is better is accuracy. With a proper scale and magnifier, you can get to down to less than .5mm a laser is no better than 1mm (diameter of the beam). That is also assuming the laser rack has been properly aligned.
With strings, by nature, you have to align them each time to set up a car
Of course, the tech doing the alignment and how precise they are factors in
The Firestone Lifetime Alignment is a great deal. Used to be about $160 and then you could find a discount coupon. Normally get this for all our cars. Sadly the C4S can't be done at Firestone. They said you need a computer and software to talk to the PSM to let the care know how it is set up. Thought about offering my Durametric but figured tehy would net go for it. Kind of miss my old air-cooleds at times.
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