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Originally Posted by Purplecty
Im pretty sure the front caster is not adjustable? Is the front camber adjustable? Front right is out of spec...
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True on caster not being adjustable, except slightly, as mentioned below.
As mentioned in post #40, front camber is kind of adjustable. I would not expect those guys to know how to do it. You've got enought to worry about there just getting them to do everything else right. For now I'd focus on that. As others have said, there have got to be some competent Firestone techs out there, you just have not found them yet.
Basically on the front camber, looking at the strut mount nuts from the engine bay, you'll see that there is some play (the clearance holes are bigger than they need to be). If you were to loosen the 3x nuts, you could then pry the whole strut assembly left-right and even fore-aft (tiny adjustment of caster, I guess), and then tighten those nuts again to lock it in place. The amount of adjustment, as I recall is only about +/- 0.2 degrees.
What I did, with a similar alignment deal I bought after doing suspension work on my 2001 3.0i was to get it aligned, see which way front camber needed to be adjusted, did my own manual adjustment, then got it realigned again. Close enough, especially since it was the best possible without modifications.
If you have significant remaining issues, it could be due to failed components you have not found yet, or maybe some remaining tweak from collision damage.
In addition to all the other advice you're getting, I'd crack open the Bentley manual or some other source and find for yourself what exactly the alignment specs are, independent of the aspiring techs at Firestone. Hopefully once you find the right place to go (and even then, there may be only one tech there that can do a decent job) the readings you get each time will settle out so it's not a new mystery to solve each time you take it in.