Originally Posted by MSG C5

I can recommend a great alignment shop in Bradenton if you want to travel that far.

Originally Posted by mrr23

Still don't have the caster measurement tool for c7. Personally, it's a minor thing needing adjusting on the rear.

Originally Posted by NineVettes

So, For those of you in Florida, I have some (mostly) good news concerning how to get your Z properly aligned. First, to reiterate my first post, a little background. I have a'19 M7 Z06 and live in North Central Florida since 8/17. I bought my new '19 in the Fall of '18 from Criswell and had it shipped to me via PLYCAR. Gorgeous car, my best Vette yet, but quickly realized from both street driving and a few track outings, that this car badly needed an alignment. This car required more specialized attention to getting a proper alignment done given it now has adjustable rear caster. And I found out it needs a somewhat specialized tool to properly set it. Now GM has such a tool "CH-47960 Digital Angle Gauge" plus another tool called CH-47960-10 which is an adapter that allows the digital angle gauge to be attached to the rear suspension. Given this tools are kind of expensive, so most GM dealerships do not stock this tool. GM has a tool loan program available for these dealerships to participate in (they need to pay GM to participate). Problem is that exactly ZERO dealerships I contacted in North and Central Florida participate in this program and obviously don't care to. So much for GM providing full support for their products. I went to the local alignment "expert and guru" who claimed to have "done lots of C7 Z06's" but he did not even know about setting rear caster. I let him go ahead and do an alignment anyway, which was a mistake, so back to square one. Meanwhile, I had to deal with multiple occurrences of bent wheels, after two open track days, so my attention was diverted elsewhere while I sourced a set of Forge Line VX1 R's to replace the crap, lowest bidder Mexican produced cast wheels.

So during my search to resolve the alignment issues which caused my Z to handle much more poorly at speed than my DD '16 SQ5, I started to accumulate some information - including a set of recommended DSC alignment settings. I also had some back channel discussions with Jim Mero who was an incredibly helpful source of advice and guidance. Same with Bill Dearborn. A big shout-out to both of these gentlemen for their time and assistance. And if you are wondering is properly setting rear caster is important - well they say it is, and I will take their word for it over any forum "keyboard warrior" here.

A few weeks ago I called DSC to see if they had a recommended shop in Florida to align my Z. They did, a shop located about 125 miles from me in Tampa, so I contacted them and had my car aligned their yesterday since I would not be losing a work day. And using the slightly modified DSC street/track set-up based upon Jim and Bill's recommendations, the trip back was the first time since I had bought this car, that it was properly stable during a few short high speed bursts on empty sections of the Interstate.

The shop's name is "Vortex Motorsport" and they are primarily a Porsche Shop. And a damn good one - Porsche Cup cars parked all around the place. As for the tools, I bought them on Amazon, took them with me, and they utilized them to FINALLY do a proper alignment. Took a few hours, but totally worth it. And of course, as I suspected, the alignment was totally screwed up - a mess.

So that's my story, and I am sticking to it. So, for you Florida guys, I found a great place - too bad I had to go to a Porsche shop to get my GM car properly serviced - which is in a nutshell, a textbook example of how GM chooses to service their very expensive product. Sad.

If any of you guys in Florida want to get a proper alignment, now you know how. In fact, I think we can work out some arrangement, where if you want to use the tools I have, you could stop by the house, and with a cash deposit, you can borrow them, then bring them back when through. I work/consult full-time from home most of the time when not on job-related travel, so it might be an option for you. If yo call the shop, ask for "Bob." And tell him the guy with the Admiral Blue Z06 sent you.

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