Thread: D4 Front End Alignment Advice....Please

To do correctly by the book you need to get the dealer to lock the suspension first and then you gingerly drive (25kph ??) to the wheel aligner (if not the dealer) get the alignment done and dry gingerly back to the dealer to get it unlocked.

Garry

Can it be locked out using a faultmate?

Would / could my theory of keeping the motor running work??

Cheers, Craig
BTW: Thanks for your quick responses so far

Hi Craig,

From the D3 forums, It seems that putting the Suspension into "Tight Tolerance" is the answer.

As I recall, Normal tolerance is 20mm permitted difference & Tight is 3mm.....

Or somethig like that

Richard

Originally Posted by Disco4SE

Would / could my theory of keeping the motor running work??

If you open a door before you turn the engine off and then turn off and leave a door open during the wheel alignment it should not move - maybe.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

If you open a door before you turn the engine off and then turn off and leave a door open during the wheel alignment it should not move - maybe.

Garry

Interesting theory Gary. Will see if it works.

Heading out for a while now. Will check the forum again later.
Please keep your advice coming.

BTW: This forum is invaluable.

Cheers, Craig

When mine was done prior to having a Faultmate which can set TT mode, the engine was switched off through the open driver's window after the doors were closed then the main suspension ecu fuse removed to prevent any adjustment.

However I wouldn't get mine aligned at tyre outlet - I went to a specialist alignment and mechanical workshop. They set the left side slightly differently to the right to cater for road camber. That was 50K kms ago and the tyres fitted 40K ago are wearing well, even though I raised the front 10mm using Faultmate soon afterwards.

Originally Posted by Disco4SE

Would / could my theory of keeping the motor running work??

Cheers, Craig
BTW: Thanks for your quick responses so far

Hey mate,

Not on it's own. My understanding is that the suspension will continually try to adjust...even a little, will/may stuff the result.

There are lots of places that claim they can do a D3/4/RRS properly but few that actually can.

I had an insurance claim done for some minor damage that I had underneath my car and it was done by a brand new BMW place that RACQ recommended. They had a 'state of the art' workshop and stated that they could check and alter my alignment no worries at all.

I thought nothing of it until a few months later when my car got serviced by LR and the alignment was out by miles. In the BMW to LR timframe my car had never been off the road nor hit any big holes, etc.

Conversly in the timeframe between that LR service and the one I got a couple of weeks ago, my alignment had only shifted a little but was still within spec. I've had the car off road probably a dozen times in that timframe and that has been weekends and weeks at a time.

I wouldn't go outside LR. I know in most cases they won't do it but they will send it to somebody that knows what they are doing, after LR lock it down.

Cheers,

Kev.