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    There is a guy working for some dealership advertising alignments for $25.
    A bit more if your car is lowered but that is the going rate for stockers... I won't post it up here but PM for contact info.
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    Moving this to Miata Tech.

    Why will you not post the information on this guy??

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    "cheap" and "alignment" should not be used in the same sentence...

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    info is personal on a public forum... PM'd phone # to those interested... good luck..
    10/30/06 - 93' black primered MX5 1.6L
    Wiseco Pistons 9:1, Carrillo Rods, ARP head and main bolts, FM valves +1mm and stiffer springs, new lifters, main bearings, cometic head gasket, port and polish head, ready for boost....

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    well i heard someone got an alignment today...
    green w/ hardtop and coilovers?

    any noticeable difference?
    10/30/06 - 93' black primered MX5 1.6L
    Wiseco Pistons 9:1, Carrillo Rods, ARP head and main bolts, FM valves +1mm and stiffer springs, new lifters, main bearings, cometic head gasket, port and polish head, ready for boost....

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    We couldn't get the top bolt loose on the front to adjust camber so I have -1.2 on one side, +.4 on the other. Aside from that everything else is where I wanted it. Kinda frustrating though, but nothing he could have done about it. I'm going to work on that bolt with some penetrating oil and a blow torch if necessary, then get back for the rest of the allignment. I wasn't very social, and probably seemed kinda cranky since I'm getting over food poisoning, so let him know I'm sorry if I sounded curt.

    With a little toe in for the rear, the car is much more predictable under braking, and no more "jdm type-r" drifting out of corners.

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    yah he called me and said it was a b to get your camber aligned.

    when i had mine done i went there a week later to get my steering wheel aligned (i was being anal) and he still did it... I'm sure he didn't see you as a mean person, he mentioned doing an alignment on some relative of yours... cool, two alignments in a row....
    10/30/06 - 93' black primered MX5 1.6L
    Wiseco Pistons 9:1, Carrillo Rods, ARP head and main bolts, FM valves +1mm and stiffer springs, new lifters, main bearings, cometic head gasket, port and polish head, ready for boost....

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    The place I usually go for alignments, Dallas Frame & Alignment near Harry Hines, is a Monday-Friday operation, which makes getting there a pain for me. Does your person work weekends, perchance?

    I got some yummies in the mail last week, and an alignment would be good after install.
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    I'm not sure what his schedule looks like but i'm sure
    he would do it if you let him know ahead of time...

    i might go there either this sat or sun if he works those days...
    10/30/06 - 93' black primered MX5 1.6L
    Wiseco Pistons 9:1, Carrillo Rods, ARP head and main bolts, FM valves +1mm and stiffer springs, new lifters, main bearings, cometic head gasket, port and polish head, ready for boost....

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    someone else just got their alignment this Monday...
    how was it, i heard you guys almost made your own
    autoX at some parking lot, lol...
    10/30/06 - 93' black primered MX5 1.6L
    Wiseco Pistons 9:1, Carrillo Rods, ARP head and main bolts, FM valves +1mm and stiffer springs, new lifters, main bearings, cometic head gasket, port and polish head, ready for boost....

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    It was alright, but I didn't end up with the exact numbers I wanted. I ended up with -1.9 degrees rear camber, but wanted -1.7. He said -1.9 was as close as he could get.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tmanAg08
    It was alright, but I didn't end up with the exact numbers I wanted. I ended up with -1.9 degrees rear camber, but wanted -1.7. He said -1.9 was as close as he could get.
    That's strange. What toe did you get in the rear? Are both sides at -1.9 camber? If the cam bolts are maxxed out, something is bent.
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    have you been curb-checking lately?

    Go back and see if they still dial in with the same readings...
    10/30/06 - 93' black primered MX5 1.6L
    Wiseco Pistons 9:1, Carrillo Rods, ARP head and main bolts, FM valves +1mm and stiffer springs, new lifters, main bearings, cometic head gasket, port and polish head, ready for boost....

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    I thought it was very odd, because it started out with less camber than that. I don't know why he couldn't get less from it. Toe was set at just a hair over 0 IN, front and rear.

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