Alignment Question
Am I safe to drive it with the specs I posted here.
I'd say it's safe to drive. The toe is excessive but it's not so bad that it'll ruin your tires after a short drive. The camber is totally wonky but again it's not a big tire wearing problem. The caster isn't bad. I wouldn't want to drive it a lot because the handling will be strange at best, but to the alignment shop should be ok.
What others parts need to be replace to get it within spec's...
Upper - Lower Ball Joints....
Tie rods ends....
I would like to get it rolling right
I have tubular upper control arms already.
Please let me know
Yeah I would replace the ball joints and tie rod ends for sure. Have you done the LCA bushings at all? Those can cause alignment issues (among other things) if they're worn out.
Are the roads in your area heavy crowned ? It looks like they set it up for road crown so it tracks straight and won't pull to the curbs side of the road. Total toe(.24) almost 1/4'' is a bit more than I like.1/8-3/16"max for me.Just a thought.
The caster is backward though. The way the caster is set right now it will pull to the right, not the left. And then the camber is set the other way, with that camber the car will pull hard left. So the camber and caster specs are opposite in their directions of pull. And the camber settings are nuts. That big of a swing is crazy.
Usually caster is what's set for the crown because it doesn't cause tire wear, and a few tenth's is usually all you need, no more than half a degree for sure. For a heavy crown you might throw a few tenths at the camber too, but only if that's what the customer wants because at that point the car would pull left on any flat roads.
The settings on that car just scream incompetence. Maybe if the rest of the suspension is worn out that was the best they could do. But if that's true, they should have told the OP the suspension was worn out and the alignment wasn't good, not to mention what to replace to fix it.
