geometry set up?

[Chris 280]

i know its a lon g shot,but anybody know of anywhere i could get alignment and geometry set up done in north wales or near,tried the main stealrs and they said "yes sir we can do that,4hrs labour that,ll be 280quid plus vat so as you can guess i politely refused,is this the normal dealer price?

[Autotecnica]

seams very expensive chris it should only take a hour to a hour and half maximum. do demon tweekes provide a four wheel alignment?

[Chris 280]

didn,t think of them adam, i,ll give them a try,cheers mate

[Autotecnica]

you may get a discount through the wr1 owners club. pm wr1 bro to find out.
the settings should be on the forum somewhere as well.

[Chris 280]

cheers mate,will phone them in the morning.

[Chris 280]

found these setting on here courtesy of martin (imposter)Road Height F 350 mm R 335 mm
Toe in/out F 1.0 mm in R 1.0 mm in
Caster Standard
Camber(neg) F 2.0>2.5 deg R 1.0>1.5 deg

my car is on standard equipment and i was wondering if anybody used theese settings? cheers all.chris

[dynamix]

found these setting on here courtesy of martin (imposter)Road Height F 350 mm R 335 mm
Toe in/out F 1.0 mm in R 1.0 mm in
Caster Standard
Camber(neg) F 2.0>2.5 deg R 1.0>1.5 deg

my car is on standard equipment and i was wondering if anybody used theese settings? cheers all.chris

Camber looks a little extreme for road settings. I would aim for 1.5 neg front and 1 neg rear.

I would also run slightly less toe in at both front and rear.

[John Mc]

My Geometry setup:

Wheels on car: Check

[brenmyster]

Hi Duncan

Could you post the settings you would recommend please as my 1 is going in Thursday am to have them done .

It will be all sorted and waiting for you then Thursday pm

Many thanks

Simon

[dynamix]

I would aim for around the 1.5 negative camber at the front and around 1 at the rear.

+0.5mm toe in front and rear.

and as much Castor as you can get on the front.

[WR 1mposter]

found these setting on here courtesy of martin (imposter)Road Height F 350 mm R 335 mm
Toe in/out F 1.0 mm in R 1.0 mm in
Caster Standard
Camber(neg) F 2.0>2.5 deg R 1.0>1.5 deg

my car is on standard equipment and i was wondering if anybody used theese settings? cheers all.chris

Camber looks a little extreme for road settings. I would aim for 1.5 neg front and 1 neg rear.

I would also run slightly less toe in at both front and rear.

IIRC these were ther exe-tc coilover setting not standard suspension !

[dynamix]

found these setting on here courtesy of martin (imposter)Road Height F 350 mm R 335 mm
Toe in/out F 1.0 mm in R 1.0 mm in
Caster Standard
Camber(neg) F 2.0>2.5 deg R 1.0>1.5 deg

my car is on standard equipment and i was wondering if anybody used theese settings? cheers all.chris

Camber looks a little extreme for road settings. I would aim for 1.5 neg front and 1 neg rear.

I would also run slightly less toe in at both front and rear.

IIRC these were ther exe-tc coilover setting not standard suspension !

Ah - makes sense

[Chris 280]

sorry martin misunderstood,thanks duncan for info getting done tomorrow.chris

[brenmyster]

thanks

[Megaman]

Here are the prodrive geo settings for the standard car suspension as recommended by my local dealer who was kind enough to charge me something like £25 for the print out of the settings....

Im sure Dynamix will have some good input regarding these settings as myself and John found these corner well but cause tramlining on some road surfaces...

[Chris 280]

cheers mate,my car is standard so may go with these .hope your all good in the mega household and baby mega is behaving .chris

[Megaman]

Yes mate all good here thanks for asking mate.

[Chris 280]

geometry been done at demon tweeks,had a nice print out of settings too,could not get rear toe spot on as bolt was too tight and the guy didnt want to go mad on it being a saturday,wasn,t that far out but it is noticeable,£59.i thought this was good especially as main stealers wanted £280 plus vat and said it would take them 4 hrs i think they could have driven to tweeks and back in 2hrs cheers again megaman for settings.i used these as the guy only had settings for a standard sti on the equipment used.

[Megaman]

No probs - sounds like you got it very cheap
did you ask for laser alignment geometry setup?
Most people tend to take a minimum of an hour to do the job properly.

Hows the car handling now?

[Chris 280]

yes mate,laser alignment and set up,apparentley the camber i think it was is not adjustable on the rear so i was only charged for adjusting the front camber,caster,toe.it took just under 1hr.car handles nicely but not yet given it a good test went to get tyres from my local supplier he tried 4 different suppliers as the p zero neros are on back order of 3 months,got two been done on saturday,(£118 each plus vat)not too bad i thought as there only 3 miles away from me.hope i dont trash them at brunters