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Originally Posted by Desertnate
Right now I'm running the factory alignment as the car was delivered about a year ago. I was holding off on doing an alignment on the car until I get my dedicated wheel/tire set for autocross this spring, so I haven't had it up on a machine yet.
If toe is way off would there be any visible signs? I'm not seeing anything abnormal when looking at the tire. My last car had an issue with toe up front and I'd see feathering on the outside tread blocks. That's not the case in this instance.
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I have owned 2 brand new cars, one a custom order, and one right off the showroom floor, as well as one bought with very low mileage/as new. All of them were off a considerable margin.
Also, as I work on countless cars and do lots of alignments I see tons of nearly new ones that also need alignments.
Many shops will say "its good" if its just all "in the green" or just out of the green a bit. This might have been good with domestic front ends from decades ago, but on a quality modern performance suspension, this is absolutely not good.
In other words, take it to a GOOD alignment shop, one with a tech who not only will do more than just "put it in the green" but actually understands what they are doing and WHY they are doing it.
put some camber bolts in the front and go get it done
And if the tech doesn't correctly set all your tire pressures, and make sure nothing is worn out before they start, they aren't the right one
Also, if your tires are worn unevenly, the alignment might not be able to make them wear evenly again, but the next set will wear more evenly