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Do the GM tech's have access to this? They seemed like they were not sure where to start on my car with doing this. They aligned it twice because they were setting parameters in the wrong order.

This seems pretty self explanatory.
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Nicely done!
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Originally Posted by leadville1
Do the GM tech's have access to this? They seemed like they were not sure where to start on my car with doing this. They aligned it twice because they were setting parameters in the wrong order.

This seems pretty self explanatory.
They should, but they could just be.... how shall we say.... inexperienced?
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Makes me wonder how a DIYer like me will be able to set the alignment if the rear caster is critical to performance. First time I have seen a car that required rear caster to be set. Even my C6Z doesn't specify that even though with 2 upper and 1 lower rear camber adjustment points it would be possible to adjust rear caster to some degree.

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Finally we have specs, thanks Theta
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Finally we have specs, thanks Theta
My pleasure.

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Great stuff as always Theta!
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Could you please put the track alignment specs in here so it's all in one place?
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Theta, do you have any updates for the Z06?


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