[Superman]

I'm not favorably impressed by that shop's approach to Porsche 911 alignments. I've got the proper (12mm?) Allen tool and all the other tools that would be needed (except for the alignment rack of course), and my MINIMUM expectations would be that a proper alignment shop would have them as well.

The tops of the front struts, inside the trunk, are spooged with a black brittle substance. I suspect that substance is there for the purpose of waterproofing the trunk. At any rate, that stuff cracks over time anyway. I have seen no good reason to fret over whether it is replaced after an alignment or not. If my trunk gets wet, I'll seal it. The black stuff is not under the camber plate. It is on top of the camber plate, according to my recollection. At any rate, I would not hesitate to crack that stuff and remove it. It surprises me that an alignment shop would even hesitate to do that. It needs to be done in order to complete an alignment. Raising the car to US ride specs probably wouldn't result in "perfect" castor settings anyway. It would probably still need to be tweaked, requiring that the black stuff be removed. And besides.....who wants to drive a 911 that rides THAT high?

If it were me, I'd probably take it to another alignment shop that understands Porsches, if possible, and just tell them up front not to worry about the black stuff.