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Originally Posted by orthojoe
I'm not sure how to elaborate, but i'll try. I don't know why the car won't hold an alignment. I'm sure there are solutions out there like toe links and LCAs, but I really don't want to dump any money or time into this car. I don't know if the wheel bearing failures were a fluke, but my friend's wheel bearings went bad on him at around the same time mine did. My rear axle is still fine, but his is getting replaced because it broke. I personally know of one owner who had a DI seal failure on his car, but there are more here on the forum. The problem is, nobody knows why the failures are occuring. Is it because of the high oil temps? Who knows? The driving dynamics of the car are fantastic. So much so, that after my friend drove the car, he ditched his e36 M3 and decided to buy a totalled BRZ to strip out and use as a track car. I'm not so sure that was a great idea because he's going to have to do a lot of work to the car to keep it together with how much he punishes his cars.
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Just curious, is it the toe that's going out of spec? How about the front camber? I'm assuming you're using crash/camber bolts at the front and OEM rear control arms.
For the front camber, I think the shop manual suggests using brand new bolts each time you have to remove it.