4 wheel alignment with camber

[kylepeo]

Hey,

car is mk3 16v abf 

have put new shocks and springs on the car lowered it by approx 50mm need to get the camber and tracking set up anyone know of a place in leeds area that do it ?

Also car has started cutting out on me in traffic or at low 5-10mph speeds changed the ecu relay,dizzy cap,rotor arm,plugs,fuel filter when i got the car about a year ago and never had a problem with it till now have had it on vag full version and have no faults found any idea's some people say fuel pump relay some say crank sensor and others say temp sensor ? what do you guys think ??

thanks....

[Adam]

The mk3 only has 2 wheel alignment avalible. Rear is not adjustable.

[Ess_Three]

The mk3 only has 2 wheel alignment avalible. Rear is not adjustable.

True...but you should still use a 4 wheel alignment set-up to make sure you have the fronts and rears in line.

[billabong]

Not sure around Leeds (but would like to know!) - There is a place in Rochdale, just over the pennines called PanelCare.
Not the cheapest but got mine spot on

Will

[LazyLunatic]

Do it yourself!

[kylepeo]

Been making a few calls today and all i get told is we will only set it back to oem!
thats no good if the car has been lowered got a number foir a guy that sets up rally cars that is mobile gonna give him a call tomorrow find out.....

any thoughts to the cutting out

[kylepeo]

oh and thanks for letting me know about the back adam

just one thought tho

the point of wheel alignment is so that the front wheels are in line with the back thats what i ment by 4 wheel with camber ie...

set toe,camber on front and align it all

[kylepeo]

how would you go about doing it yourself lazy ? or is it just better to let the pro's sort it ?

[Adam]

oh and thanks for letting me know about the back adam

just one thought tho

the point of wheel alignment is so that the front wheels are in line with the back thats what i ment by 4 wheel with camber ie...

set toe,camber on front and align it all

Yes correct but 4 wheel alignment usually implies tweaking the geometry at the back i.e Rear camber, Rear Toe none you can do on a MK1, MK2, MK3 or MK4. Yes measure thrust angle in perspective with the fronts and rears. You adjust it to compensate any discrepancies in the steering wheel itself being off angle or the rear axle is miss aligned. You do all this at the front using the tie rods.   

[Seanl]

how would you go about doing it yourself lazy ? or is it just better to let the pro's sort it ?

Type string method wheel alignment into google. Massive thread on cgti about it too, very easy to do, and very accurate. It's what most of the pro/ semi pro race outfits use in one form or another to quickly set their cars when adjustments have been made/ post accidents etc