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Old Jun 14, 2011 | 07:54 PM
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Caster 5.0 5.5
Camber 0 0
Toe 0.05 0.05

I saw a few threads and this appeared to be the safest and best setup for a daily driven street car. I really don't want to have to deal with premature tire wear since I drive it a lot. Any opinions?
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Old Jun 14, 2011 | 11:39 PM
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Looks very good to me , ( not that I am a 'spert, but I have a bit of pratice at auto alignments app.78,000 units (10 per day x 5 days per week x 52 weeks per year x 30 years, and still learning/ working 1 1/2 days per month =15 units per month after simi retirement ) I run a liitttlllleeee more camber (+0.50) but you should be ok
ps: I run high air and rotate often and get 40-42,000 mile of even ware per set of tires
enough of this rambling, you be good to go
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 12:36 AM
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If you corner hard with you DD a little bit of -camber (-.5 to -.8) would be good.
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Originally Posted by madhatter
Caster 5.0 5.5
Camber 0 0
Toe 0.05 0.05

I saw a few threads and this appeared to be the safest and best setup for a daily driven street car. I really don't want to have to deal with premature tire wear since I drive it a lot. Any opinions?
Looks good to me!!
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Old Jun 15, 2011 | 07:43 PM
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Hard braking and heavy transitions without even caster on tuner cars will throw it off. If you plan on really hard street driving you might want to even up the caster.
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Old Jun 16, 2011 | 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by lsx24
Hard braking and heavy transitions without even caster on tuner cars will throw it off. If you plan on really hard street driving you might want to even up the caster.
I agree, but on a lot of the 4th gen cars, it's difficult to get the caster over 5.5*, at least according to some of the figures that have been posted on this website.
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