alignment specs for a 1.2" lowered car
02-05-2008, 08:38 PM
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alignment specs for a 1.2" lowered car alignment specs for a car with vogtland lowering lowering springs. 1.2 inch lowering springs i wanted to know what would be the best alignment specs for it without sacrificing too much tire life
02-05-2008, 10:32 PM
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What are your goals? For best handling, lots of negative camber (up to -1.5), max caster, and zero toe (or a bit of toe out for auto-x).
For just daily driving, -.5 camber, 4-5 caster, 1/8" toe in.
For just daily driving, -.5 camber, 4-5 caster, 1/8" toe in.
02-06-2008, 02:45 PM
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I would try to get the alignment as tire wear friendly as possible if you only drive on the street. Stock alignment wears out the outside edges. I had no issues on 0 toe with stability and summer tires. I would try to figure out what best caster and camber setting would be for tire wear.
02-06-2008, 02:51 PM
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I would try to get the alignment as tire wear friendly as possible if you only drive on the street. Stock alignment wears out the outside edges. I had no issues on 0 toe with stability and summer tires. I would try to figure out what best caster and camber setting would be for tire wear.
02-06-2008, 03:03 PM
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What is it about -.5 that is better than 0 camber? If the car went straight all the time, I would imagine that 0 camber would be best. But since it doesn't, I'm assuming -.5 appears to be the target point that makes the car happy between turns and going straight?
02-06-2008, 06:04 PM
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Toe kills tires faster than camber does, and -.5 is not much at all. It is just enough to promote even wear with "aggressive" street driving, but not enough to kill tires.
