Alignment tolerances

[SoupAnxiety]

Hey,

Had a disagreement with a pothole and noticed a slight pull on my car, a 2009 E92 330i with 183k miles (shocks and springs changed at 138k miles with alignment). Decided to take my car in for an alignment as I've not long since had new front tyres and didn't have time for an alignment at the time.

The local garage has done a best effort alignment but said the front nearside camber is way off and it might be worth a new shock absorber. I've Googled it and seen folks talk about camber plates as a way to avoid new components.

Car drives OK, it's gone from a noticable pull to being fine - obviously time will tell with tyre wear. Asking for advice here as there's a lot of red on the report, seems like everything is knackered despite an alignment. They're all tiny degree values which don't seem to translate to much on the road.

Thanks,

Nathan

[SoupAnxiety]

Thanks all.

Going to head back to the garage next week and find out what is bent. I'll stay away from camber plates and replace the bent part. Fingers crossed it's a control arm rather than the strut itself - the Bilstein B8s are £170 a corner at the front!