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[Doctor Gollum]

That's not the answer to my question.

I was after specific numbers, because the "official" settings are as vague as a politician being asked a question.

Light, beautiful or otherwise, suggests an issue. That's not to say that the Omega has particularly heavy steering... One finger with some weight rather than both hands... But from experience, when an Omega has light steering, it's usually followed about 1,000 miles later with dangerously worn tyres.

Perhaps the definition of light is more subjective than it should be, but nevertheless, the actual numbers from your alignment will confirm how 'correct' the alignment is 

Could you then share for all of us, what are the correct figures for Omega (with stock suspension) in camber, caster and toe-in values? Would be easier to make a comparison after that to see how much off my allignment is with factory spec settings. I was given a document from the allignment as well, so I can then compare.

Presumably from the sudden silence, the settings applied to your car are significantly different...

If you post a picture of the document you have of the settings applied to your car and if there's anything obviously out of sorts, then there's a wealth of experience here to help correct it.

[RallyArde]

Havenīt done much to car just washing and (today literally) sunday-driving, but few pics for breaking this sudden silence









Car drives perceftly, it goes srtaight on the road and wants to skid in corners   Maybe doesnīt feel as poky as my manual 325i with N52B25 (218hp), but still pretty quick compared to other traffic   Gearbox seems to work much better than in the last summer, with no leaks and correct amount of ATF inside



I managed to find my allignment sheet as well. To help translate; "varsin" means current value and "ennen" means value before allignment. Only difference for my other Omega is that this got more negative camber at the front, but in this case itīs a good thing, cause there lots of weight in front anyway.

My battery died right before MoT by the way so I had to borrow one from my daily driver, which Iīm running currently. So next week Iīll probably buy a new battery for this one, in order to get that other Omega on the road as well.

[biggriffin]

Just read this, noticed you say you've fitted LSD,, I us to put Amsoil in mine, not cheap but has additives for LSD already added.

[Doctor Gollum]

About that alignment...

The front subframe would benefit from a slight tweak to bring the front left ball joint forward so that the caster is more in line with the front right.

The Thrust angle should be exactly zero. Nothing more or less.

And with that front camber and toe, you're front tyres will wear really quickly on the inner shoulders.

Correct them as previously suggested and the car will drive like a missile on rails in comparison.

The fresh MoT is a testament to the work you have put in, and if there's one certainty in automotive life, an idle Omega will devour batteries 

[Doctor Gollum]

Just read this, noticed you say you've fitted LSD,, I us to put Amsoil in mine, not cheap but has additives for LSD already added.

Legit.Street Cars on YouTube is an Amsoil dealer and usually has a discount code running