I dropped my car Monday on a set of swift sport springs. They have an advertised drop of 1"F/.6"R. I was looking for a moderate drop and I'm very happy with the before and after. I wanted to get aligned before doing the springmount mod to see how much play was left in the rear camber adjustment. I don't want to drop the rear any further if I'm out of adjustment. No sense on killing my rear tires before getting the camber kit in hand.

Long story short, I'm completely baffled at my alignments specs. First off, the printout says they used the sedan settings (I cut it out of the photo). Second, the left side is way off and the right is pretty good. How is this possible? I have about 6k on my current tires and they are all worn a little on the inside but completely even before my drop. The same was the case with my stock 17's when they came off. The rears were even across the tire, while the fronts had even inner wear.

I'd think with this much difference in camber I'd feel it while driving, but my car drives great. It is a little smoother after the alignment, most likely due to the toe, but these specs look a little wild to me. I'm just looking for some advice and opinions. I purchased the lifetime alignment at firestone because i was planning to do the springmount mod if I could without buying the new rear camber kit. I figured I'd more than get my money's worth out of that service. After this alignment, I'm questioning if that will be the case. They also noted that the left rear was already completely out of adjustment.

 

if they used the sedan setting i would say that could be a cause for an error on the alignment readout. you wouldnt feel much difference while driving with this negative camber. you should be fine for a little while with tires till you can get a camber kit.

 

At this point, I'm gonna wait for 2 weeks, give the springs time to settle if they're gonna settle at all, then go to a different firestone garage in the area for an alignment. Hopefully they'll get it right this time, or the results will be consistant and that will help verify the results.

 

Is it typical in the fronts for the camber to change when you adjust the toe?

 

because of caster, it will shift a bit.

The drop is a bigger factor though.
If you measure wheel arch to axle, you will find that the left side is lower than the right.

 

This exact situation happened on the exact same springs. A front and rear camber kit is needed to fix the problem. Next time go with coils, there fully adjustable.

 

BTW They used sedan specs on mine also but I just ended up telling them I wanted -2 all around with as close to 0 toe as they could get.

 

You have a 1.1 difference from L to R in the rears. They could've done much better in getting more equal. Fronts are non adjustable with camber.

Agree 100% with camber kit. What I have front and rear. Did the toe kit in rear as well.