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Many thanks Tony, so swapping my wishbones would have had no effect on the caster at all? I was just a little concerned as my car has been aligned on this same system on three ocassions in the past - it has never shown any anomolies with the caster even with quarter tank of fuel.

Hi guys, New member here, this looks like a great forum with a lot of knowledge on board I have a 2002 MK4 Golf TDI and fitted a new pair of front wishbones and ball joints last week as the old bushes were split. I had the alignment checked this weekend at Chemix in Stourbridge on their Hunter alignment system. The technician pointed out that the front toe was slightly out so he adjusted accordingly. I was handed the geometery report - the toe had been corrected but the 'after measurements' were still showing the caster in RED, i.e. out of manufacturers spec When I questioned the technician about this he said it was because of the 'ride height' and he would have to weigh the car down to get a correct reading. This did not sound reasonable to me....my car has no suspension modifications, it has factory fitted sports suspension and sits approx 30mm lower than a standard MK4 Golf. I have also had my geometry checked at this same Chemix branch on a few occasions and the Caster has always been within spec - they never had to weigh my car down to get a correct reading. Now i'm not an expert in this field but this just does not sound acceptable to me, I didn't want to kick off without being armed with facts and technical info so thought i'd do some digging on the internet first. Here is a pic of the report, any comments or advice would be appreciated.