Hi,

I have taken my car into get a 4 wheel laser alignment.

However, due to my suspension being lowered they are saying that they can only do the tracking and not the camber and caster, is this normal and will it affect the wear on the tyres etc?

Thanks

Hmm, not sure on that one.

My car is also in for a 4 wheel laser alignment today, and I've also got coilovers fitted.

They haven't phoned me to tell me otherwise.

Are your coilovers adjustable? They said that was one of the reasons they could only do tracking, mine arnt adjustable

You can only do toe in or toe out. That bunch of monkeys don't know what that are saying. The only thing adjustable on the fabia are the track rod ends. With caster and camber to adjust that you will be looking at getting wheel shims and hitting things with hammers to straighten them

Are your coilovers adjustable? They said that was one of the reasons they could only do tracking, mine arnt adjustable

Only height adjustable.

Can't do anything else with them.

So tracking will be just fine then?

And as for the original Q. If the caster and camber are out it can effect tyre wear drastically (only if it's really bad!) this would be a sign or accident damage or hitting kerbs etc. Your camber will automatically be affected by lowering car but aslong as your 4 wheels are pointing in the same direction this shouldn't be a problem, it will only wear your tyres quicker if your on the limit a lot of the time

So tracking will be just fine then?

Indeed. Have a look at the print out to make sure all else is in order though! But tracking is all the can actually adjust on a fabia as the track rod ends are the only adjustable component, the results will also show you if the suspension isn't quite equal all over so that will be the only other thing you can adjust if you have adjustable coils. I get my fabia done every 4-6 months just because it seems to forever be out but that's down to crappy roads, crappy speed bumps, crappy standard bushes and my driving. I'm fully polybushing my car which should help it a lot! I made the mistake of putting Jom coil overs on my car and not getting the tracking done straight after, the end result was 4 brand new fallen 912's worn out in 2 weeks. And I mean inside edge down to the metal bands in the space of 2 weeks so that's how important the tracking is

This is the printout I got, I have no idea how to read it but I'm guessing by the - numbers it still isn't good? Lol

NSR looks to be in bad shape from what I can tell.

This is what mine shows

This is the printout I got, I have no idea how to read it but I'm guessing by the - numbers it still isn't good? Lol

It does look typical for Fabis after lowering sustension fitted. But I can see few mistakes. First of all they havent check caster on front (despite no adjustment) but its good to know if there is anything wrong with subframe.

Second problem and I think it is a problem that rear thrust angle. -0.10 is very high and will create big sawtoothin on left rear tyre and excesive inside wear on right right. To me it looks like it was damaged on left side or something made impact on left rear hub. Worth getting second opinion on that.

Front toe set alright. Overall to me it seems as they done a job worth £25-30 on equipment worth doing better job.