As detailed elsewhere in this forum, I swapped in some QA1 upper control arms.
Per the instructions (and common sense) I marked the positions of the camber bolts and attempted to get them back in the same orientation when installing the new arms but they still ended up off a bit, noticeable in that I have to keep the steering wheel turned a bit to track straight. The car drives fine, stops straight and no noticeable wear has showed up yet, though I've only driven it a few miles so far.
In any case, I need to have the front end professionally realigned...but I'm also looking at a set of heavier torsion bars and fresh Bilstein shocks...as far as I know, I won't need to unbolt the UCAs again for those installs (am I wrong about that?) but these mods may be a couple months away. Should I bother with the alignment in the meantime?
Secondly, would any shop be able to set the alignment or should I look for a specialist? What alignment specs have you guys run? Any advice on settings that will clean up the handling?
Thanks for any advice and all patience with my perpetual novice questions!!
Per the instructions (and common sense) I marked the positions of the camber bolts and attempted to get them back in the same orientation when installing the new arms but they still ended up off a bit, noticeable in that I have to keep the steering wheel turned a bit to track straight. The car drives fine, stops straight and no noticeable wear has showed up yet, though I've only driven it a few miles so far.
In any case, I need to have the front end professionally realigned...but I'm also looking at a set of heavier torsion bars and fresh Bilstein shocks...as far as I know, I won't need to unbolt the UCAs again for those installs (am I wrong about that?) but these mods may be a couple months away. Should I bother with the alignment in the meantime?
Secondly, would any shop be able to set the alignment or should I look for a specialist? What alignment specs have you guys run? Any advice on settings that will clean up the handling?
Thanks for any advice and all patience with my perpetual novice questions!!