Alignment, Caster, Clearance, and Driving Report with Light Racing UCAs

I was gonna check mine this weekend but not sure I want the bad news haha

 

Heh I hear ya, I dread needing an alignment because I just never know what to expect at these shops...

 

I'm getting 33s in the spring and I know I'm gonna need to do work before that

 

You can set the LR UCAs at "E" and get a good caster, you might be able to set them at "F" and still get close to 2 degrees after its aligned. 2 isn't bad. It helped a lot (when I did mine at "E") in respect to clearing the tires and the back side of the fender.

 

I'll turn them 1 notch when I do it. My alignment guy is really good and I'll be there to watch and make sure I get what I need done to clear.

 

That's awesome! Its hard to find a tech who'll take the time to figure out how far they can push the upper BJ setting to maximize clearance and still get good alignment numbers.

 

Last time I had an alignment I dropped the truck off with the directions because I had school and when I picked it up it was amazing! I talked to him the next day and he said it was super easy to do! He's a friend's dad and knows how particular I am and that I know what I'm talking about

 

I too have gone thru the works on getting someone who knows how to adjust the uppers. I went to one shop, spoke to the tech, gave him the sheet from SPC showing the setting for the LR uppers and the guy still went the other direction with it because he said it didnt look right. I ended up setting it my self and went to another shop. Final Caster was 3.9 and 4.0 but it took me 4 alignment shops, one was not using digital but the old school alignment.
Even with the Spidertrax spacers the uppers still looked to close at full lock with the 285's and I had what I thought was some full turn rub with the LR uca's, Turns out the 16'' TRD wheels dont like stick on weights because of a clearance issue with the caliper. Went back down to Nitto's 265/75 and dealer suggested using nail on weights. Not sure yet because jus did it yesterday. Point being, tons of issues lifting and adjusting even with the LR uppers.

 

IT SHOULD NOT BE THIS HARD TO DO
ITS JUST PEOPLE DO NOT TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR WORKMANSHIP THESE DAYS
IF YOU ARE A REAL ALIGNMENT GUY THEN IT SHOULD BE A NO BRAINIER
BUT I KNOW WHERE YOU ARE COMING FROM

 

Just bought a set from HeadStrong for $335 out the door, and they have the groove at one end....doesn't mention either way in the instructions...

 

Yep, I called them and asked, they don't matter what direction you put them in, the groove is just for the manufacturer to make sure you go the right one.

 

Go Here: My buddy's shop. He has done all of my work.

http://cartechtireandauto.com

Mention TW, and with your Tacoma only he will give you 10% off.

 

WTF, how.

I just bought a set too, and it was 379 shipped....

 

How does this look? I don't remember what my UCA's balljoint is set to.

 

Wish mine would dial in like that... You should try and figure out what the caster is set to on your uca.

 

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I seems to track straight, but as soon as a hit a small bump it pulls to the right.

 

Caster looks good but camber is a little wacky - especially -0.5 negative camber on right side, leading to 'cross camber' out of range.

Personally, I'd try to zero those out a little better.

You should be able to do it without affecting caster by using the 'camber only' top nut on the LR UCA.

 

Looks as though it's set to position C.

 

This seems like the thread for this question.

I'm looking at the instructions that came with my LR UCA's, and depending on how I install these things, I can go from +2.0 down to -2.0 (or from +4.0 to 0.0 if you include the ball joint setting).

I'm putting about 2.75" of lift in the front, running 265/75 tires. Does anyone have advice on how I should set these up initially? I'd like to save headaches at the alignment shop if possible.