suspension mystery solved

[Kevin Collins <kevinc@flashcom.net>]

A month or more ago I shared the story of how I'd had just about EVERYTHING
replaced in my suspension - shox/struts (Bilstein Sports), springs (H&R),
swaybars (Neuspeed), control arms, tie rods/ball joints, strut bearings, and
even the rear axle bushings.  Yet my car was pulling to the right despite an
alignment right after all this stuff was done, and just didn't feel "right"
overall.

Well finally thanks to the holiday I had a chance to take it to a "real" 
alignment specialist - Dave's Frame and Alignment in Huntington Beach, for
those of you in SoCal.  This is the ONLY guy that Ron Wood of VW Specialties
trusts.  Now I understand why.  Turns out I had one degree of toe out on the
right side while the left was ok, and I don't even know what was up with the
camber settings.  But now I have a "compromise" setup of zero toe and -1 
negative camber, and all is well!  Car goes where it's pointed, corners
better,
doesn't wander, steering wheel now centered, etc.. thanks to all of you who 
had various suggestions of what might be to blame.

Moral of the story is - when getting an alignment, find somebody whom you
KNOW is going to do it right - there are more places that will screw it up
than will do it right, in my experience.. oh yeah, and Dave's only charges
$35!  Not only are they the best, they're also the cheapest..

Moral #2 - if you can dig up the cash someplace, dial the Potterman and
set up your car with the same stuff - it freakin' ROCKS!!

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Kevin Collins
Huntington Beach, CA
'86.5 Scirocco 16V 2.0
'97 GTI VR6

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