Post up your non-///M geometry print outs

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a11y

Lifer

 Central Scotland

• Aug 18, 2011

• #1

In a similar vein to Aliv6's thread for comparing ///M geometry setups, post up your before and after printouts for non-///M Z4's. Curious to see how mine differs to others as visually mine seems to run a LOT of negative camber on the rear. Handles great on this setup though.

a11y: 3.0i, Sport suspension plus -15mm drop on Eibachs

Before (well and truely out of alignment as this was immediately after I'd fitted the Eibachs):


After:


Those were quite a while ago and I've had another alignment done earlier this year (after the worst of the winter potholes had been sorted...) but don't have it uploaded.

Post away...

 

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alekos911

Member

 Athens

• Aug 28, 2011

• #2

Is these values obtained with a loaded car ( meaning full tank etc) ?

 

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a11y

Lifer

 Central Scotland

• Aug 30, 2011

• #3

alekos911 said:

Is these values obtained with a loaded car ( meaning full tank etc) ?

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Mine was done with a half-tank, 20kg in the boot/trunk, and (I think) 40kg of ballast on the driver's footwell. All a compromise really as the weight of the car varies quite a bit depending on luggage and passengers, but given that it's a road car it's not really that vital.



Is nobody else interested in the handling of their non-///M Z4?

 

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doofus4000

Active member

• Aug 30, 2011

• #4

A11y. I need to get mine alligned as I'm to fit eibachs soon. When to your allignment guy, what did you tell him exactly to get the setup that you wanted? Was it as simple as saying max front negative camber, zero toe allround etc etc? Don't know much abiut the whole allignment thing when it comes to getting it done at a garage and dont want to be saying the wrong things/sounding stupid when I rock up in the z4

 

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a11y

Lifer

 Central Scotland

• Aug 30, 2011

• #5

This post I stuck up a while back should help give a basic understanding to what changes to different alignment parameters makes: Suspension geometry for dummies.

I'm by no means an expert in it either! I just knew from past experience how I like cars to feel and had a chat to my alignment guy for his recommendations based on what BMW specify: this is where having an awesomely informed and experienced alignment specialist helps, becasue TBH I just trust what he tells me will work and it seems to be right!

 

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Boogle

Member

• Aug 30, 2011

• #6

Mine before:

After:

All stock

 

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Dubbedown

Active member

• Aug 30, 2011

• #7

I'll post up my sheet this weekend. I am driving a 3.0si coupe with stock sports suspension. However I will be installing fixed camber plates this weekend with an alignment immediately following.

 

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doofus4000

Active member

• Aug 30, 2011

• #8

a11y said:

This post I stuck up a while back should help give a basic understanding to what changes to different alignment parameters makes: Suspension geometry for dummies.

I'm by no means an expert in it either! I just knew from past experience how I like cars to feel and had a chat to my alignment guy for his recommendations based on what BMW specify: this is where having an awesomely informed and experienced alignment specialist helps, becasue TBH I just trust what he tells me will work and it seems to be right!

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An experienced specalist is what is needed indeed - but what im thinking is that any who are close to me may not have the knowledge that luckily your guy had - just the experience of setting them up dead neutral if your with me so Im trying to find a way of explaining it in words to them so I can get a good allignment like yours.

 

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gannet

Lifer

 Surrey

• Sep 2, 2011

• #9

mine are rather embarrassing - think I maybe need to find someplace that can adjust the red values ?!

that said it did improve things

 

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aquazi

Lifer

 Derby + N. London

• Aug 17, 2012

• #10

Here are mine:

On eibachs with 19's.

They said they put 20kg in the boot and 68kg in both drivers and passengers seats ( i'll need to lose weight )

Poor pics from the ipad... As i cant access photobucket from work!!