Hi All,
Firstly I will say that I am no expert on suspension geometry however I have a firm grasp of physics, the basic terms and their expected affects on handling (and about 300 hours into gran turismo and forza..)
Just had a suspension alignment at my local garage (they were very helpful and had all the proper gear) as I had hit a few largish potholes and just changed the tyres though it would be a good checkup... the car feels off somehow hard to describe unsettled is probably the best I can describe it as, although I hope its all in my head I have come to the collective intelligence to help put my mind at rest (or use it to shout at somebody at the free retest in 2 weeks).
Now the first thing that struck me as odd is they didn't weight the car:
http://workshop-manuals.com/bmw/z_s...ssis_wheel_alignment_normal_position_e85_e86/
Secondly the total toe figures look way out (compared to the BMW workshop manual) assuming they are using degrees and minutes but they did load up the sports profile on the machine (so I assume some other measurement, or am I just plain reading it wrong?)
http://workshop-manuals.com/bmw/z_series_e85/z4_3.0si_n52_roadst/3_technical_data/32__steering_and_wheel_alignment/0__electronic_chassis_alignment/2_td__wheel_alignment_e85___low-slung_sports_suspension/
Here is the report (apologies if its hard to read I can type it out if that would be better):
Thirdly they have not adjusted any of the cambers, even though 3 appear outside the acceptable bounds. Would/should this be part of the alignment I assume it can be done?
Firstly I will say that I am no expert on suspension geometry however I have a firm grasp of physics, the basic terms and their expected affects on handling (and about 300 hours into gran turismo and forza..)
Just had a suspension alignment at my local garage (they were very helpful and had all the proper gear) as I had hit a few largish potholes and just changed the tyres though it would be a good checkup... the car feels off somehow hard to describe unsettled is probably the best I can describe it as, although I hope its all in my head I have come to the collective intelligence to help put my mind at rest (or use it to shout at somebody at the free retest in 2 weeks).
Now the first thing that struck me as odd is they didn't weight the car:
http://workshop-manuals.com/bmw/z_s...ssis_wheel_alignment_normal_position_e85_e86/
Secondly the total toe figures look way out (compared to the BMW workshop manual) assuming they are using degrees and minutes but they did load up the sports profile on the machine (so I assume some other measurement, or am I just plain reading it wrong?)
http://workshop-manuals.com/bmw/z_series_e85/z4_3.0si_n52_roadst/3_technical_data/32__steering_and_wheel_alignment/0__electronic_chassis_alignment/2_td__wheel_alignment_e85___low-slung_sports_suspension/
Here is the report (apologies if its hard to read I can type it out if that would be better):
Thirdly they have not adjusted any of the cambers, even though 3 appear outside the acceptable bounds. Would/should this be part of the alignment I assume it can be done?