Took my Z down today to have my wheels realigned (Below is the before and after of my alignment). Guy at the shop told me he couldn't get my front right tire within spec because it requires specialty tools. So, I left with the car mostly realigned and paying for the full service. Does the Z need out of the ordinary tools, tools other than what a typical alignment shop would have?

Second question is, does being out of spec by .2 deg make that big of a difference (i.e. being -1.5 deg vs -1.3 deg)?

 

It's not his fault, hence the thousand or so threads on tire feathering. Use "tire feathering" as an advanced term in search and you'll get up to speed.

 

Please don't try to help.





Front camber is not adjustable, a camber kit ( upper control arms) are needed. I would get a set, -1.5 is really not much camber at all, but I would like to see the camber more even.

 

Thanks for the responses and the info on the camber. I would've thought that everything was adjustable, if they go out of alignment. I guess that's just my ignorance on this. I'll look into upper control arms.

I had taken the Z in to Nissan for service and they told me they noticed my front tires are toe-ing in and that I needed an alignment. It doesn't really appear that the tires were corrected that much, but at least I'm not seeing as much red.