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20 k isn't bad but I recon u could have done more with out the extra wear
Most places seem to set the caddy tracking to towing out about ten minutes but I have already found that this causes the inside edges to start to wear so I borrowed a set of optical tracking gauges from a customer of mine and set it to parallel. Now I find the wear is even and no tearing of the inside edge


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Mine was set to parallel when I first fitted the spax... But I haven't had it checked for over a year

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Hi torque. I've been reading this thread with great interest and was hoping you wouldn't mind me posting a pic of my readout from a hunter machine. My caddy is on eibach and nothing else has been adjusted.
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That's interesting... So is that now parallel

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7 deg of castor sounds crazy. I only run 5.5 deg of castor on my mk2 rs2000 and it took a lot of work and special bits making to get it that high from the std 1/2 a deg


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torque777 wrote:...no presents for the wife this Xmas... Lol..
Also gave her a quick oil change as well
Quick oil change for the wife? :lol:

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torque777 wrote:That's interesting... So is that now parallel

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I haven't a clue about steering geometry so I wouldn't know if it's parallel or not. The guy who did it said it was OK

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Fair enough

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If you do get it checked on a Hunter machine be sure to post the results on here so I can compare.

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Yes I will as soon as I get it done

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So got bought these for late Xmas present... Caddy tinted cross lights
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Looks good Nic. I much prefer these to the new 2016 taillight. I'm actually suprised how many people have jumped on the 2016 taillight band wagon. Each to there own though.

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Thing is it's made these a lot cheaper now, only paid £40 for these and they are like new

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Liking the look of these, I was thinking of getting the new lights but I have changed my mind now


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I'm in two minds about these, but I thought that the facelift headlights match caddy 4 lights more. If I had a prefacelift id stick with these ones.

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