Strut Spacer Install

[superacerc]

Had my alignment today and as stated the toe needed adjustment. The shop informed me that that's actually the only adjustment you can make on the commander for alignments. Interesting.

[Matt]

The shop lied... you adjust the Camber/Caster via the lower control arm mount. But it takes a bit more work. It's kind of sad how common it is for people to say that alignment shops say there aren't camber/caster adjustments; either the tech is lazy and lying, or just negligent... either case sucks.

[superacerc]

Thanks for the info. Hope mine is alright then since they say it can't be adjusted.

[Matt]

did they give you a printout?

anyone running ~2" of lift should have the LCA mount set as outboard as possible.

..... when they said "it can't be adjusted" did they mean "the adjustment is maxed out and can't go any further" or were they telling you "there aren't any camber/caster adjustments for this vehicle"? if they maxed out the adjustment to get it as close as possible, you're good. But if they didn't adjust anything and didn't give you a printout with the readings, I'd go back.... and if the camber is out of spec tell them to adjust the LCA like they're supposed to.

[superacerc]

They did give me a printout. I'll have to go look at it. From my understanding of what he told me it sounded more like "hey man there's only one adjustment on this vehicle, it's really easy cause we can't adjust anything else". My printout better say it's right or i'll be back this afternoon.

[Matt]

post up a scan of your printout and a picture of the lower control arm mounts so we can see where they're positioned.

[Matt]

here's a picture of my driver side LCA adjustment. Notice how you can tell where it was before I aligned it.

[superacerc]

They didn't actually give me a printout. They just gave me a large paper receipt and stuck it in a fancy envelope. It does state that i have a 3 month warranty/guarantee with the service though. I'd like to go back i think. Here's a picture of my LCA bolts: Looks like the passenger side is all the way inboard and the driver is in the middle.
Driver side looking from behind the tire:


Passenger side from in front of the tire:


Passenger side closer look:

[Matt]

I would definitely go back and have them check the alignment again. If its out, that's how they adjust it.

[superacerc]

I just called and they save the adjustments made and are going to try and email me the info. They are also going to call tomorrow when their tech that did my jeep is in (he's off today). They said that if i need to just come back and they'll make sure it's correct. Seems like a pretty reputable place with a friendly staff.
The manager is the one that told me they can only adjust one aspect not the tech. I may be ok.

That said they are definitely not out all the way like yours. What's the reason they should be out all the way with lifted vehicles?