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Since this is a Vintage Spyder finished by DV/Seduction, it is identical to the car I have. I do all my own alignment work. The only thing I don't do on the car is mount tires and do my yearly state inspection.

There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the clamshell fitment at all. These bodies are close, but not 100% symmetrical anyway. All measurements should be off of hard points on the suspension/frame. At home, you can mark hard points with a plumb bob on the floor, then move the car out of the way and measure diagonally as well as left/right and forward/back.

You should also measure the length of the trailing arms from the center of the axle to the center of the heim joint. They should be close to the same if not exactly the same.

Loosen ALL the motor and trans mount bolts to the chassis. Pry the motor backward on the passenger side, jostle it a bit and see if it moves/settles. Then re-tighten. I'm not aware of how the Subaru motor mount works. If that does it great.

If not, you need to measure from the front hub centers to the rear hub centers on each side to verify IDENTICAL wheelbase. This is what Ed found out on his car, and WILL make the car crab down the road. I use 1/16" total toe-in in the rear, but straighten out the wheelbase first. You can set the toe-in with a friend and a tape measure.

And you CAN set the camber in the rear(which you do first before toe-in) by adjusting the ride height. Mine rides/handles/looks right at about 3 to 3.5 degrees negative camber.

It looks like there are a LOT of exposed threads on that right side trailing arm. From my memory, when you shorten the trailing arm the wheelbase changes about 33-50% MORE than you adjust. So if you needed 3/8 inch on the wheelbase, the trailing arm only needs about a 1/4 inch adjustment. Anyway, the smallest adjustment is a half-turn of the heim joint. So that would be half of whatever pitch the threads are.

You can easily loosen the jam nut and rotate the heim joint and hold it in place with a Crescent wrench while you tighten the jam nut.

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