Well the wheel alignment didn't go ahead. When I had booked in in for an alignment yesterday, I questioned the guy on the phone and asked if he'd dealt with these camber kits before; and the answer was a resounding yes - so I dropped the stato off in confidence this morning.
Got a call half an hour later from a baffled wheel aligner stating that there was something wrong with the kit, and it wouldn't adjust at all. Strange since I had it all working last night (I'd adjusted it so that there was endfloat for the driveshafts). I told him how to adjust the eccentrics and he said he would have another go. Another half an hour later I received another phone call, with them admitting defeat. The bloke said that he'd been in contact with superpro and a number of other workshops, all of which gave him the same instructions to make adjustments as I had during our first phonecall.
He stated that he and the manager had never in their 30 years working in the industry seen a 4 point camber kit like the superpro/whiteline/nolethane/kmac/pedders kits... At this stage I was regretting my decision more than ever.
NOW, no money had changed hands and I was handed my keys. Walked out to my car and decided to check the driveshaft end float before drivng off. There was NONE - the driveshafts were jammed hard into the diff. I went back in and told them I needed to use their hoist, thankfully it was on the hoist within 2 minutes. Then I started to make adjustments myself, and the bloke was in awe and asked instantly 'how the hell did you get that to move - gee I've learnt something today'. As soon as I had some clearance I got it off the hoist and left. Booked in with another place tomorrow, fingers crossed it all works out. I'll report back tomorrow night anyway.
On a brighter note, I serviced the trans today. BUT turns out since my engine/trans is from a s3/vt and they're relatively hard to come across, catalog parts listings are often incorrect. I ended up with the wrong trans filter (for the shallow pan version), but turns out I have the deep pan which is a good thing anyway. Just had to borrow a car so I could go and buy the correct filter.