Wheel Alignment

[Basti]

just went and got a wheel alignment done. as i dont know anything at all bout camber, toe and caster, i'd like if some one could please tell me if what needed to be fixed was fixed and what was wrong in the first place.

[salad]

Most of it seems OK except rear camber. You need to even it up a bit more. Bit more castor wouldn't hurt and you probably want to even up the front camber. All the bushes can be bought from the Whiteline/Bilstein groupbuy.

I would probably run 0 toe on the front though. Wheel aligners set it up like that for tyre wear to offset the camber.

Here's the link to the groupbuy and SKs recommended wheel alignment settings

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=85467

Edited March 5, 2007 by salad

[Beer Baron]

basically they gave you some front toe out (good thing) and the rear toe was f**ked before, but they have fixed it now. I would have preffered rear toe to be 0.00 and 0.00 but it's not too bad as is. I assume front camber is non-adjustable rear camber IS adjustable standard so they should have tried to even up the rear camber, even if it meant running 50 mins on the right to match the left, it's not bid deal. The front toe was also a bit out to start with, but it's good now. should feel quite nice.

I don't agree with what salad said about toe out being to save tire wear. if anything toe out increases tire wear, but it's great for steering response.

[salad]

Toe out does indeed give increased inside tyre wear, but I think you have it mistaken. Positive is toe in and negative is toe out, he actually has toe in front and rear

Edited March 5, 2007 by salad

[Basti]

thanks guys. it does feel a lot better to drive. what you sed is gonna make a lot more sense once i find out what the 3 measurements mean. but i'll go do that now

[Eug]

Positive is toe in and negative is toe out, he actually has toe in front and rear

not exactly... i have had alignments where positive is "out", and negative is "in".

best to make sure.

[Beer Baron]

well the machine I used on saturday shows + as toe OUT.

but it would make sense in this case, as if it is toe out then it's a pretty 'racy' alignment and it will want to steer itself all over the road.

[salad]

Hmm, odd, I've never seen a machine that has +ve as toe out, always toe in, but my experience is fairly limited, only used 2 machines before.

But yeah, it is unlikely that the run of the mill tyre store will set a car up with toe out (unless requested), always have toe in to offset camber wear. Those toe numbers look very typical and look a lot like what the wheel aligner at my work does (and why I dont listen to his suggestions of how to wheel align my car for track work)