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Old Apr 14, 2008 | 12:23 PM
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This is from a Fraternity Brother, and another site, but is extremely useful info for anyone seriously into suspension tuning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZoL1gaWedA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjcP07VKVZM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpEwSeSJVW4

Hope this helps out

Long videos, but Robbie is always thorough....and thats what makes him good
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i only got through half of the second vid before i had to leave for work, but its very insiteful... might actually take advantage of it. Thanks 3min
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We have an alignment clinic before our autox season every year here. Good stuff to know. It is pretty time consuming to do a full alignment at home, but it is handy for making the small adjustments. Didnt see all of the video, but did he use the string and measurement method or the pin method for measuring toe? The pin method is pretty neat when you do it right.
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Originally Posted by engifineer
We have an alignment clinic before our autox season every year here. Good stuff to know. It is pretty time consuming to do a full alignment at home, but it is handy for making the small adjustments. Didnt see all of the video, but did he use the string and measurement method or the pin method for measuring toe? The pin method is pretty neat when you do it right.
Pretty sure he used the string method...this guy autocrosses a lot, and is very very knowledgable of suspensions....
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yep, kept watching and saw that. For the pin method, you really need the floor nice and level since you have to roll the car back a bit to do it. The string method is really the better of the two I think.
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im pretty sure my car needs it the videos were great thanks for the post
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 04:30 PM
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mods this should be a sticky ..
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I was hoping it would get stickied as well...it is on wvstreets, for anyone from WV...but that seems to be a small crowd on here
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haven't watched all of it yet, but it seems like some pretty good info. Thanks for the post.
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