Corner balance results. Need help.

[adam996GT3]

I had the car corner balanced and aligned over the weekend by a reputable race shop. Attached are the results. Can you guys offer any insight as to whether the results are in the ballpark? I know perfect 50/50 is difficult but the results seem like they could be better. The car is a f80 m3 with Bilstein damptronic, GC camber plates, and SPL sway bar end links front and rear. Thoughts?

[irunalot]

You should be able to get to 50%, when the exact same setup 50% was not an issue. Now that was with a 1/3 tank of fuel. My results with the same setup are posted below. That's with 1/3 tank of gas a 175lbs for the driver.

[adam996GT3]

I had 1/8th of a tank and roughly 50 more pounds than you. I spoke to the shop and they informed me that this is what it should be. :

[hellokitty]

Go to a different shop lol… here is my sheet for your reference with 3/4 of a tank and 192 lb driver.

I should have ran the tank down a bit more but I forgot I made an appt for corner balancing lol

[hellokitty]

Whoops I attached my "before" sheet by mistake. Here is the after result.

[irunalot]

I agree on going to another shop. I had the same thing happen with my latest suspension. The shop that installed it got it to 46.4% and promised that's the best that could be done. The next morning I took it elsewhere and they got 50.1%.

[adam996GT3]

Originally Posted by irunalot

I agree on going to another shop. I had the same thing happen with my latest suspension. The shop that installed it got it to 46.4% and promised that's the best that could be done. The next morning I took it elsewhere and they got 50.1%.

After seeing both of your results, I agree this needs to be fixed. Thanks guys.

[MineralWhiteF80]

here is my before and after with KW V3 coilovers. The "before" was with a full tank of gas and no ballast for driver weight. The "after" weight includes driver ballast in the front seat.

The problem some shops have (or doing it in your garage and not on a proper lift &#128521 when getting your car corner balanced is that it is very easy to get inaccurate results after each minor adjustment because the car is moving on the scales. You can make the scales read different just by lifting the car up and putting it back down onto the scales. Being able to eliminate as many variables between minor adjustments is crucial to getting the most accurate adjustment.

[bimmerboyE92]

If you track - 51% is good. I'll run up to 53% wedge on a road course depending on how much left turn ability I need.

[m4forum]

if you are competing and chasing marginal improvements maybe 50% would be better but for HDPE it doesnt make a difference.

[bimmerboyE92]

If you are competing you will want at least 51%!!!!