Brera Geometry settings?

[EN Ren]

Afternoon Gents
Im now the proud owner of a V6 Prodrive Brera S and loving every minute so far but I have noticed some worrying wear on the outside of the rear tyres, so I need to get myself a couple of new rears but while im at it I want to get the geo set up properly, so does anyone know what the recommended setting are?(or what anyone else has experience with)

Now I could go to Alfa and get them to do it but my local garage is really pretty good (always used to do my Elise geo) so figured why pay the dealer prices.

Many thanks for any help

Cheers

[kev b]

If your local garage is any good it will have the settings for every car from Autodata or supplied with its alignment rig. IIRC Alfas (along with a lot of cars) are a bit of a pain as they have to be loaded with weights in the footwells and boot to ensure they are at the correct height for checking.

[Alfahorn]

EN Ren said:

Afternoon Gents
Im now the proud owner of a V6 Prodrive Brera S and loving every minute so far but I have noticed some worrying wear on the outside of the rear tyres, so I need to get myself a couple of new rears but while im at it I want to get the geo set up properly, so does anyone know what the recommended setting are?(or what anyone else has experience with)

Now I could go to Alfa and get them to do it but my local garage is really pretty good (always used to do my Elise geo) so figured why pay the dealer prices.

Many thanks for any help

Cheers

Perfect suggestion for you is to get in touch with Peter Cambridge at PCA dynamics. He was the guru behind the Brera S project at Prodrive. He is now freelance, although he does a lot of work for JLR. He will happily assist you and can arrange an alignment for the Brera, he's brilliant and did a great job on my Sportwagon.


http://pcadynamics.com/

[EN Ren]

Alfahorn said:

Perfect suggestion for you is to get in touch with Peter Cambridge at PCA dynamics. He was the guru behind the Brera S project at Prodrive. He is now freelance, although he does a lot of work for JLR. He will happily assist you and can arrange an alignment for the Brera, he's brilliant and did a great job on my Sportwagon.


http://pcadynamics.com/

I love this forum
Thank you mate

[EN Ren]

kev b said:

If your local garage is any good it will have the settings for every car from Autodata or supplied with its alignment rig. IIRC Alfas (along with a lot of cars) are a bit of a pain as they have to be loaded with weights in the footwells and boot to ensure they are at the correct height for checking.

Thanks also KevB.....maybe my local garage are not so good cause they dont have the details for some reason, but they have a lazer set up thingy so if i can get the details from ^^ I can get it set up properly

Just checked black circles for tyre choice, ouch! but hey worth it I think =)

[Alfahorn]

EN Ren said:

kev b said:

If your local garage is any good it will have the settings for every car from Autodata or supplied with its alignment rig. IIRC Alfas (along with a lot of cars) are a bit of a pain as they have to be loaded with weights in the footwells and boot to ensure they are at the correct height for checking.

Thanks also KevB.....maybe my local garage are not so good cause they dont have the details for some reason, but they have a lazer set up thingy so if i can get the details from ^^ I can get it set up properly

Just checked black circles for tyre choice, ouch! but hey worth it I think =)

Peter Cambridge will personally make himself available when your cars alignment is set up. He uses a company in Warwick, they have the pro-align equipment but the perfect settings are all his own work.

[Alfahorn]

EN Ren said:

Alfahorn said:

Perfect suggestion for you is to get in touch with Peter Cambridge at PCA dynamics. He was the guru behind the Brera S project at Prodrive. He is now freelance, although he does a lot of work for JLR. He will happily assist you and can arrange an alignment for the Brera, he's brilliant and did a great job on my Sportwagon.


http://pcadynamics.com/

I love this forum
Thank you mate

No worries, trust me he's worth every penny. Had my car back twice and did a road test to make sure he was happy with it.

[Squadrone Rosso]

Another vote for Peter Cambridge

As for outer rear tyre wear, never ever heard of that on any Brera's!?!?

[EN Ren]

Squadrone Rosso said:

Another vote for Peter Cambridge

As for outer rear tyre wear, never ever heard of that on any Brera's!?!?

looking at the last MOT and the advisory I would say the dealer put a new set on the front and put the old ones one the rear, just checked black circles and they put crap on the front so it looks like 4 new boots, so might as well go the whole hog......ouch! do tyres really cost so much nowadays? the Elise was £130 a corner

Anyhoo thanks for info I will get in touch with PC