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Old 08-21-2012, 03:28 PM
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My car is lowered on Koni 4/4 with Strano springs and just got and alignment. Does this look like it is aligned right?
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Looks like all he did was the toe. Mine couldn't get my Caster within spec on right side, but all else was withen spec when done.
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I do my toe in inches, not degrees... but .2 degrees isn't massive (and in GM spec). However he has you on the toe-out side of things. Camber and caster are fine, and many would kill for your caster numbers. Toe is in spec, but I'd go more toward zero or very, very light toe in on a mostly street car.

See how it drives. If it moves around more than you like, it's too lively.... have the toe adjusted in some.
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Thanks for the replies!!!! It still seems like it pulls to the right some but I think it may be just the roads since I have 285s up front. I have 6 months 6000 miles so I could have it adjusted whenever I feel it becomes a problem.
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I still can't decide if I want my camber to be -0.5 or -1 for my daily driver.
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Just put it at -1....
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Originally Posted by Sam Strano
I do my toe in inches, not degrees... but .2 degrees isn't massive (and in GM spec). However he has you on the toe-out side of things. Camber and caster are fine, and many would kill for your caster numbers. Toe is in spec, but I'd go more toward zero or very, very light toe in on a mostly street car.

See how it drives. If it moves around more than you like, it's too lively.... have the toe adjusted in some.
Good to know Sam. My shop got my toe at 0.00°left and 0.02°right. It seems fine to me.
Can you explain why most would kill for those caster numbers?
They got mine at 5.2°left and 5.7°right. They claim range is 4.3-5.3°
Just trying to learn more.



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