Need your input on my alignment specs

[sw686blue]

Here are the alignment numbers from yesterday. I am lowered on BMR 082/089 (minimal) lowering springs. Do the numbers look ok? Thanks!

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[bankyf]

Do you have adjustable camber bolts or plates? I think they just "tricked" the machine to get the left front camber green or happened to barely fall into place with the other adjustments. In my opinion there is too much cross camber(difference between left and right) which may cause a slight pull, but without adjustable bolts or plates there is no reasonable way for the to adjust it. Other than that, it looks good. I'm impressed that they took the time to improve rear camber. Most shops wouldn't.

 

[sw686blue]

I have adjustable camber bolts. The shop that installed the lowering springs back in 2018 also installed the camber bolts. The car did pull occasionally to the left. I haven't driven it enough to know if that is now corrected.

 

[Dana Pants]

You want a hair front toe-in to avoid eating inside front tires.

 

[WItoTX]

Wow, that is bad. I can't even imagine it drives straight down the road. Probably wear out tires on the front right all the time. And that rear thrust angle. Ouch.

Good luck.

 

[sw686blue]

Wow, that is bad. I can't even imagine it drives straight down the road. Probably wear out tires on the front right all the time. And that rear thrust angle. Ouch.

Good luck.

What is wrong with the rear thrust angle?

 

[SHOdaddy68]

Those numbers look pretty good. I'm with DanaPants on the front toe. should be just slightly in a bit. Cross-camber could be better but a difference of up to .5 is typically within spec.

 

[sw686blue]

Those numbers look pretty good. I'm with DanaPants on the front toe. should be just slightly in a bit. Cross-camber could be better but a difference of up to .5 is typically within spec.

I will speak to them and see if they can do better on the front camber. Thank you!

 

[MrMike]

Front camber is the only thing that stands out to me. Mine is 0.2 different.

You want a hair front toe-in to avoid eating inside front tires.

How much is a hair in this context? 0.1? 0.2?

I think that most places will just attempt to zero front toe out unless you specify differently.

Wow, that is bad. I can't even imagine it drives straight down the road. Probably wear out tires on the front right all the time. And that rear thrust angle. Ouch.

Good luck.

Are we looking at the same specs? I don't see anything wrong with the right front post-alignment.

 

[Southview]

You realize you are getting opinions from people who dont even understand they are commenting on the before specs That alignment is perfectly fine. Especially if most of your driving is on long flat roads. your tires will last a long time with those specs. But, if you are on the twisty roads a lot, you might want to add .03 toe in. Personally , I wouldn’t waste time going back for the camber difference. .04 is so minimal. Plus at 0 front toe. It will not wear tire edge. I run almost the same numbers for maximum tire wear. But, in rear I set camber to 1.0 for maximum traction on these crappy 20” Pirelli tires.
LEAVE IT ALONE!

 

[Dana Pants]

How much is a hair in this context? 0.1? 0.2?

0.1-0.16 total front toe in is my recommendation.

0.16 is 1/16 an inch.

I came to these numbers to minimize inner front tire wear. I run -4 front camber because dual use car.

 

[galaxy]

I am left to assume @WItoTX was trying to be funny. Those numbers are pretty darn good, and nothing worth going back to fix.

Sure, in a perfect world it would be nice to have plates to match up the front camber, but, eeehh. I agree with the toe in the front...a tiny smiiddggee toe in on the front doesn't hurt; sometimes you can get a slight bit of wandering in the wheel if it's a dead zero, but nothing to fret over. I doubt this car will do it like older cars will.

 

[bankyf]

You realize you are getting opinions from people who dont even understand they are commenting on the before specs That alignment is perfectly fine. Especially if most of your driving is on long flat roads. your tires will last a long time with those specs. But, if you are on the twisty roads a lot, you might want to add .03 toe in. Personally , I wouldn’t waste time going back for the camber difference. .04 is so minimal. Plus at 0 front toe. It will not wear tire edge. I run almost the same numbers for maximum tire wear. But, in rear I set camber to 1.0 for maximum traction on these crappy 20” Pirelli tires.
LEAVE IT ALONE!

The irony of your first sentence is hilarious.

 

[bankyf]

I am left to assume @WItoTX was trying to be funny. Those numbers are pretty darn good, and nothing worth going back to fix.

Sure, in a perfect world it would be nice to have plates to match up the front camber, but, eeehh. I agree with the toe in the front...a tiny smiiddggee toe in on the front doesn't hurt; sometimes you can get a slight bit of wandering in the wheel if it's a dead zero, but nothing to fret over. I doubt this car will do it like older cars will.

In my experience on a wide range of vehicles, that kind of cross camber is going to cause a pull the majority of the time. I also believe the front cross camber is closer to the .6 as they did not make any adjustments to the front camber and the before and after is likely just a result of the car moving around a bit while making the other adjustments. I wouldn't leave it alone on my car.

 

[WItoTX]

I am left to assume @WItoTX was trying to be funny. Those numbers are pretty darn good, and nothing worth going back to fix.

Sure, in a perfect world it would be nice to have plates to match up the front camber, but, eeehh. I agree with the toe in the front...a tiny smiiddggee toe in on the front doesn't hurt; sometimes you can get a slight bit of wandering in the wheel if it's a dead zero, but nothing to fret over. I doubt this car will do it like older cars will.

Correct. Not to mention the plethora of threads that answer the exact same question. It's like the search feature doesn't even exist.

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