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Hey guys,

I left my car with at the mechanics all week as it needed the front left lower control arm replaced. Unsure why, but they decided to leave it till today before working on my car and because they ordered the wrong part they didn't end up finishing the job till about 5.30pm.

So now I have a new front lower control arm, bushes but no wheel alignment, and I'm meant to be leaving for DECA tomorrow morning at 4am. The mechanic took it for a test drive and said it wasn't too badly out of alignment, the car will drift very slightly to the right, but nothing severe. He claims I could probably get away with a morning of DECA and then get an alignment over lunch. Once I got home though I took another look (20-25min drive) and noticed the inside of both the front wheels had more of a fresh rubber look (rather than being dusty and dirty like the rest of the tyre, it was clean) and it was significantly warmer than the outside of the tyre.

Am I safe to drive 250km tomorrow to Shepparton, and then compete, or should I just call the whole thing off? I'm guessing I shouldn't go, but I was really looking forward to this and I don't particularly want to lose my money.

Thanks.

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If have wheel at -5 and +1 toe on the front and still drove to Sydney for track time. Will scrub the tyres. If the car doesn't pull to hard to either side it can't be to bad. Depends on how much you care about you tyres.

Its easy to adjust. Toe out the left wheel or toe in the right. You can do it in 5 minutes and then go for a drive. Has to be better than what you have currently.

Just drive it man. How good are your tyres? Look up all the tyre places in shep and have numbers ready. call them all at 8am tomorrow and get it in after scrutineering. you'll still do most of the day. You'll lose your entry fee anyway.

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