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Howard Jones · 12-09-07, 03:27 PM

So here's how it worked out. The first picture is of the original GTD A arm. Then the next few are of the new ones installed. Lastly the two of them side by side.

I was able to get as much as -4 degrees of camber right off the go. Set afterwards to about -1. I intend to set the front to about -.5 at the alignment shop. Also as you can see I can get at least 3/4" more caster. I will need to set this at the alignment shop but I would like to see what about 3.5 degrees of caster feels like. Toe for now is as straight ahead as I can do with a steel tape. I would like to set this at 1/8" total toe in at the alignment shop.

I don't like how far the rodends are out of the bungs so when I do this the next time I am going to put 1/4" shims behind the mounts. This ought to put the treads far enough into the bugs to be safe.

So all that's left is to work on bump steer. Maybe after the first of the year.

12-09-07, 03:27 PM	#13 (permalink)
Howard Jones 10 tenths Join Date: Jun 2002 GT40: San Francisco Bay Area California USA Posts: 1,883 Rep Power: 25	Re: GTD Front A-Arms So here's how it worked out. The first picture is of the original GTD A arm. Then the next few are of the new ones installed. Lastly the two of them side by side. I was able to get as much as -4 degrees of camber right off the go. Set afterwards to about -1. I intend to set the front to about -.5 at the alignment shop. Also as you can see I can get at least 3/4" more caster. I will need to set this at the alignment shop but I would like to see what about 3.5 degrees of caster feels like. Toe for now is as straight ahead as I can do with a steel tape. I would like to set this at 1/8" total toe in at the alignment shop. I don't like how far the rodends are out of the bungs so when I do this the next time I am going to put 1/4" shims behind the mounts. This ought to put the treads far enough into the bugs to be safe. So all that's left is to work on bump steer. Maybe after the first of the year. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Howard Jones; 12-09-07 at 03:33 PM.