I was real close to buying the vario-centric plates and welding them in to allow what I thought would be an easier way to get an accurate alignment on my '65, but after reading a couple posts about it, now I'm not so sure. My initial desire to do it was to be able to get as much tire under the fenders as possible by moving the upper control arms in due to no shims. The shims just seem like a total PITA to work with, and it seems like there aren't many cars out there these days that use them, making it hard to find someone in an alignment shop that knows how to deal with them.
I guess my first question is are there many alignment guys that still know how to make shim adjustments? Or is it still pretty common?
Second question, how good is it on the control arm bolts to be loosened, pulled out on the threads to allow putting the shims in, and retightened everytime you get an alignment? It also seems that it would be impossible to properly torque those nuts due to how close the headers are to the nuts, especially after doing the 'drop'. Am I reading too much into this???
I guess my first question is are there many alignment guys that still know how to make shim adjustments? Or is it still pretty common?
Second question, how good is it on the control arm bolts to be loosened, pulled out on the threads to allow putting the shims in, and retightened everytime you get an alignment? It also seems that it would be impossible to properly torque those nuts due to how close the headers are to the nuts, especially after doing the 'drop'. Am I reading too much into this???