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      09-17-2014, 12:25 AM   #1
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My m3 control arm alignment

This almost took forever cuz one of the bolts were seized and my mechanic couldn't even even out the rear camber
I have kwv1s also

Is this a pretty good alignment?


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      09-17-2014, 01:21 AM   #2
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That's pretty good. I didn't get that much with my M3 arms with Cobb springs. Not sure how you did. I would've left it at -2 in the front, but still good numbers
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Going to be understeer prone with so much rear camber and low front camber
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That's pretty good. I didn't get that much with my M3 arms with Cobb springs. Not sure how you did. I would've left it at -2 in the front, but still good numbers
I have kw v1s and lowered a bit so I think I have more natural camber
I had it at -2 but due to the toe adjustment the most I could do was 1.75

Im just worried about the toe is it a bit too much?
ideally i wanted 0 in the front and 1/16 (or 1/8) in the rear

His factory alignment spec for 135i said front was suppose to be 1/16 and 1/8 rear

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      09-17-2014, 11:35 PM   #5
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You have a 1/16th toe in in the front? If I'm reading it right. It will track nice and have a quick turn in.

Weird about the front toe.
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Is that normal that the rears are off by half a degree of each other? Idk if I would be ok with that.
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      10-14-2014, 09:45 PM   #7
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3* camber in the rear is a ton as well as the .5* camber difference.
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Redid the alignment and put back the rear perch (rear higher now)
These numbers look at lot better

I'm thinking the alignment machine wasn't setup properly and since we heated some of the bolts to install the m3 arms it changed when it cooled
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