Nothing exciting really, but I did my wheel alignment at work today.
We've had a £60k installation of a Hunter Hawk Eye Elite geometry kit. Took almost all of November to fit as they had to dig out the floor to fit the new ramp. So to treat myself for putting up with noisy builders for a few weeks I thought I'd see where the wheels are pointing on the Audi!
Seeing as I only have cheapo TA Technix, I couldn't enter the correct spec's for the suspension, so I had to confuse the computer by setting it up for standard suspension. It wanted me to get a measurement with the car raised using a special tool from VW, but seeing as we don't have that, I just bypassed the measurement and got on with it.
All I was aiming for was to get it to drive down the road in a straight line when I hold the steering wheels straight, as it was aiming to the right before!
This is before:
Quite happy with the front camber! Waaay off what it should be standard, but they're pretty much perfect on each side!
The front toe is all over the place, way off to the left, which makes sense as the steering wheel sits to the right in a straight line.
So after getting my arms stuck many time (the track rod arms are at the top on my car!) and wrestling with the gaiter so it didn't twist up, I got it done:
As good as I could be bothered to get it! It's waaay too sensitive. You could breath on it and it'd knock it into the red!
Well worth doing now, as it feels so much better to drive! I'm still prepared for poor tyre wear from the camber, but it won't be as bad now!
Very boring update, but it gives you some pictures to look at!