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Old Nov 22, 2006 | 07:08 PM
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crossfireGal
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From: Washington, DC
Default Re: Rear camber "not adjustable"

Well, I have a plan.

I spoke today with a mechanic friend of the family who lives in Delaware. This is the most reputable mechanic's shop I've ever known. The only reason I don't bring my Crossfire there for everything is because it's 150 miles away and I have no other need to go to Delaware. If anyone resides in Delaware PM me, and I'll provide the name and address. Anyway, he had his alignment guy review my mess of paperwork and he had nothing good to say.

He said he expects the car is still pulling (which it is), as the alignment dimensions in their totality are such that the car will not handle right and the tires will be torn up in no time. I'm going to bring the car to Delaware next week to get this mess straightened out, which will basically involve all manner of hassle and time off work to get there and back. I'm going to tell the service manager at the dealership that I want my money back. If he doesn't refund what I expended, he can be prepared to pay more when I sue, to include full refund, payment for the Delaware alignment, lost wages for my trip to Delaware, and lawyer's fees. Of course I can throw in an offer to name names on the Crossfire forum for all to see.

Here were my final measurements. If you have any words of advice on why these aren't good that I include in my letter, please post 'em. I have the anger, attitude, and perseverance necessary to fight the dealer, but want to make sure I word correctly what's not acceptable; please post anything that looks off in terms of the interrelationships:

Front Camber -- specs -0.9 to -1.5; result was -1.1 left, -1.0 right
Front Caster -- specs 5.7 to 4.7; result was 5.5 left, 5.5 right (couldn't these have been centered?)
Front Toe -- specs .08 to .25; result was .24 left, .17 right (both are in range but isn't it bad that they're nowhere near matching? isn't this the easiest one to get dead center?)

Rear Camber -- specs -0.6 to -1.6; result was -1.4 left, -2.0 right
Rear Toe -- specs .22 to .33; result was .24 left, .25 right
Total Toe -- specs .43 to .67; result was .5
Thrust angle -- spec at zero; result was -.01
 
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