Finally got a real alignment!, Wow, what a difference Options

[RoadGlue]

I'm ashamed to say that in all the years I've been messing with 914s (geez, I've had four runners over the past decade) I had never actually had any of them professionally aligned until this last Tuesday. Last Sat Mark D, Dug and I replaced the rear bushings and bearings on one of my '74 2.0s. Since we had the trailing arms off I really had no choice but to get an alignment.

See this thread for details on the bushing and bearing replacement.

I had to drive down to Mountain View for business earlier this week and Custom Alignment came recommended highly by a Porsche shop in the area. They were very professional and asked me all the prudent questions like, "what's your weight?", "do you normally drive alone", "what's your driving style" etc. Hooray!

This is my mellow 914, so I told him that the most abuse it would get would be frequent spirited back road outings, no auto-x'ing or racing. Anyhow, the alignment completely transformed the driving characteristics of the car (duh!!!!), but I never expected such drastic changes. Below are the alignment numbers, before and after for reference.

How often do you have your 914s aligned? Every tire change? Ever? Do you do it yourself? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)