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That appears to be an older incident as it's surface rusted over the impact point. It would have taken an impact like coming down on a rock etc to do that amount of damage to a frame rail.I went under there and measured and looked at everything. The only thing i suspect to be bent is the passenger side knuckle. Its hard to tell because its so minimal. The tie rod lengths from center to center is 15 5/8 for the driver side and 15 1/4 for the passenger side. The passenger side is the side that got hit. These measurements are after alignment. I also think the shop kinda bent my frameYou must be registered for see images attachYou must be registered for see images attach
Yes, and no. Most Macpherson strut suspensions have no provisions for adjusting camber unless you install camber plates. There are offset bushings, etc., that you can use to crutch the alignment, but something's bent.He said yes but there is no way to adjust camber on the Rondo? I haven't checked yet...
I dont think i mentioned this but they did not charge me for the alignment, they corrected the toe but not the steering wheel being off, they actually corrected the wrong side first to match the toe of the bent side, ill end up just going to an alignment shop when i get the time. Ended up rear ending someone on the way to work in the rain because my brakes locked up and i started sliding. Ended up bending my smoothie bumper to hell. Trucks been more bad than good to me lately.The "new tires on the rear" is a industry standard that is becoming more prevalent. Best I can tell, it's driven by whack-job lawyers outright paranoid about oversteer, instead of actual vehicle-dynamics engineers.
The front tires of a wrong-wheel drive car do all of the steering, all of the motivation, and about 80% of the braking. The rear tires keep the bumper from dragging. So clearly the front tires are the most important and ought to be in the best condition. But NOOOOooooo, the lawyers are scared to death that the rear-end of the vehicle will swing out uncontrollably.
However, paying for an alignment and it not being correct is an entirely different matter.
First Guess: Nothing but toe is adjustable without additional costs for some kind of alignment "kit", plus labor to install it, plus shop supplies, tax, shipping and "handling" and every other additional charge they can dream up.
Second Guess: The guy actually doing the alignment work cares only that the vehicle is "in spec", not that it performs properly. And test-drives are also becoming a thing of the past. Nobody pays the labor for a test drive, the best you can hope for is that the guy takes your car through the drive-thru at lunch--and pays attention to how it runs/drives.