black_89_vette

I finally decided to go and get my car aligned. It's been nearly 7 years of ownership and I never had the car aligned before.

I chose the Vette Brakes & Products (?) "Advanced Street" settings, which are...

Front
Toe: 0 "
Camber: .25 * neg.
Caster: 5 - 7 * pos.

Rear
Toe: 1/8" in
Camber: .50 * neg.


My alignment as it sat before the adjustment to the aforementioned specs were..

Front
Toe: 0.02 Left 0.10 Right
Camber: 0.3 Left 0.6 Right
Caster: 7.2 Left 6.4 Right

Rear
Toe: 0.05 neg Left 0.13 Right
Camber: 0.1 neg Left 0.3 Right



Now, I don't know if it's psychological or not, but the car does seem to track straighter and it handles better on corners too.

For those who aren't sure where they sit, I advise getting their alignment done.

Slalom4me

Based on those 'Before' values, the sense that the car handles better
is not just psychological.

Did the shop provide a print-out what what they actually achieved
to confirm how close they got to the VB&P specs?

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Aardwolf

I put the same alignment on mine when I got the car. After it was done, I could not believe the previous owner had driven the car the was it was aligned. Huge difference!

FlyboyZR1

I'm also using the VBP alignment settings and notice my rear tires wear a lot more on the inside than the outside, could that be related to the alignment?

black_89_vette

No, I got the printout of the previous specs and they didn't show me the current VB&P specs, but I had given them the specific values and assume they have them like that.

TheCorvetteKid

Quick question: How did you go about finding a good alignment shop? I've been meaning to do this to my own '89 since I bought it almost 10 years ago, but I haven't found a shop that I trust enough to do it (I do all the work to my car myself).

Thanks

Grease Monkey

Probally, the angle that they are at is optimal for hard cornering

pablocruise

When I had mine done, I asked the guy if it was cool if I watched(from behind the rope) how he went about doing the alignment.

Just chatting with the guy and he "lowered his gaurd" as it were and I was able to go underneath the rack and see him dial in the right amount on the cams.

I had taken some white-out and then painted on a few degree values and reference marks onto the cams themselves and the cam holders for my future reference.

Also we made note of the shims up front and of their thickness values/location.

Afterwards on the test drive, I went to a 7-11 and brought the guys a 6 pack for being cool(I didn't have an appointment, it was a Friday afternoon and was heading out of town on a road trip the next day and they put my car on the rack right then).

DaveP52462

Will most shops carry the shims for the front?
Standard stuff or should I order a set?

Dave..

Grease Monkey

they will have them

coupeguy2001

look in the yellow pages, and any alignment shop that does frame straightening will be a good one.

DaveP52462

Got the car back from the aliagnment shop and its tracks great.
It was way off.
Drives like a champ.

Dave..

carson

Been reading up on this and heard good things about Hunter http://www.gsp9700.com/pub/search/findgsp9700.cfm wheel balance.

If the shop has the straight track LFM they might have the computer aligner. Give them a call