Ideal alignment settings
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Ideal alignment settings
I have a coupe with tein basics and spc rear camber kit dropped ~1" all around. These are the settings I got after an alignment and I want to know if these are alright. The only problem that I see if on the rear left camber, which seems out of spec:
Camber Front Left -1.5
Caster 8.3
Toe 0.04
SAI 5.5
Included Angle 3.9
Camber Front Right -1.6
Caster 9.0
Toe 0.05
SAI 5.7
Included Angle 4.1
Front Cross Camber 0.0
Cross Caster -0.7
Cross SAI -0.2
Total Toe 0.09
Camber Rear Left -2.0
Toe 0.02
Camber Rear Right -1.5
Toe 0.08
Rear Cross Camber -0.5
Total Toe 0.10
Thrust Angle -0.03
Are these numbers alright or is there a good setting that I can change it to? I have a 30day warranty for the alignment
Camber Front Left -1.5
Caster 8.3
Toe 0.04
SAI 5.5
Included Angle 3.9
Camber Front Right -1.6
Caster 9.0
Toe 0.05
SAI 5.7
Included Angle 4.1
Front Cross Camber 0.0
Cross Caster -0.7
Cross SAI -0.2
Total Toe 0.09
Camber Rear Left -2.0
Toe 0.02
Camber Rear Right -1.5
Toe 0.08
Rear Cross Camber -0.5
Total Toe 0.10
Thrust Angle -0.03
Are these numbers alright or is there a good setting that I can change it to? I have a 30day warranty for the alignment
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I simply do not understand why some of these shops will finish a car with number's like that and think no one will see they didn't do their job. Oh yeah, you'll want to take the car back all right, it's not just the rear camber, look at the rear toe. Before that however, you mention the SPC camber kit. Did you install the SPC kit that has the camber arms AND elongated toe cam bolts?
One thing that your alingment numbers don't tell me is if the toe is "toe in" or "toe out"
One thing that your alingment numbers don't tell me is if the toe is "toe in" or "toe out"
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Camber Rear Left -2.0
Toe 0.02
Camber Rear Right -1.5
Toe 0.08
yeh, the above setting is imho pretty bad. The camber should match each other and the toe-in is waaaay too little..unless you specifically asked that the toe be minimized. your car's probably wandering over larger bumps. take it back. The rear should look like this: (if you decide you like the -1.5 camber).
Camber Rear Left -1.5
Toe 0.14 (degrees)
Camber Rear Right -1.5
Toe 0.14 (degrees)
Total Toe: 0.28 (degrees)
Thrust Angle: 0.00
Toe 0.02
Camber Rear Right -1.5
Toe 0.08
yeh, the above setting is imho pretty bad. The camber should match each other and the toe-in is waaaay too little..unless you specifically asked that the toe be minimized. your car's probably wandering over larger bumps. take it back. The rear should look like this: (if you decide you like the -1.5 camber).
Camber Rear Left -1.5
Toe 0.14 (degrees)
Camber Rear Right -1.5
Toe 0.14 (degrees)
Total Toe: 0.28 (degrees)
Thrust Angle: 0.00
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I installed the camber arms only because when I tried to take off the toe bolt to elongate it, the washer was not seated correctly, therefore I couldn't take off the washer, which means I can't take off the bolt. I'll take it to a different place and have them install it and align to specific numbers. So you recommend:
Camber Rear Left -1.5
Toe 0.14 (degrees)
Camber Rear Right -1.5
Toe 0.14 (degrees)
Total Toe: 0.28 (degrees)
Thrust Angle: 0.00
How about the front? I know I probably can't change much because I don't have the a-arm, but what numbers should I try to achieve? Thanks for your help.
Camber Rear Left -1.5
Toe 0.14 (degrees)
Camber Rear Right -1.5
Toe 0.14 (degrees)
Total Toe: 0.28 (degrees)
Thrust Angle: 0.00
How about the front? I know I probably can't change much because I don't have the a-arm, but what numbers should I try to achieve? Thanks for your help.
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I just came back from an alignment for my G35X lowered on Eibach prokit. (No camber kit) here are my numbers, can someone tell me how bad they are? I have the service manual in PDF but some of the numbers are in mm instead of degrees. Some of the numbers are not in the ranges but I am not sure how bad it is.
Front Left
Camber -1.58
Caster 7.13
Toe 0.04
Front Right
Camber -1.68
Caster 7.14
Toe 0.05
Cross camber 0.1
Cross Caster -0.02
Total Toe 0.09
Rear Left
Camber -1.7
Toe 0.13
Rear Right
Camber -1.86
Toe 0.14
Cross camber 0.16
Total Toe 0.27
Thrust angle -0.01
Front Left
Camber -1.58
Caster 7.13
Toe 0.04
Front Right
Camber -1.68
Caster 7.14
Toe 0.05
Cross camber 0.1
Cross Caster -0.02
Total Toe 0.09
Rear Left
Camber -1.7
Toe 0.13
Rear Right
Camber -1.86
Toe 0.14
Cross camber 0.16
Total Toe 0.27
Thrust angle -0.01
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