FullyLudedSi

Changed springs and shocks in January, rims and tires a couple a months ago, and I finally got an alignment done. I had a combined toe of 1.36 degrees in the rear, so I paid $40 just to adjust that. Total came out to $117. I hope I dont have to deal with tire wear anymore.

On the front driver side, I have camber of about 1.2 degrees, where on the passanger side, its like .2 degrees. Should I worry about this or its not a big problem? I never had any tire wear problems in the front.

I want to change my brake pads later today. Do I have to do an alignment after I change them or they have nothing to do with aligning the wheels?

Qveon

i would of have done my front drivers side too. brake pads will not require you to do an alignment.

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FiLLuP

wow that is expensive. it costs extra to adjust toe? i get mine done for $70 w/ adjusting camber kits and everything that is related to alignment.

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vtecspd

Is your LF positive 1.2 deg? If so, your handling is suffering. If you want as little as possible tire wear then have everything set to zero. If you want handling with some tire wear then get a deg of negative camber all the way around and just a tad bit of toe-out front and rear, like 1/16 to 1/32 total. For more performance and tire wear go further with the negative camber and toe-out. The more toe-out will require at least one hand on the wheel all the time as the car will become very 'darty' and following truck ruts in the road.

FullyLudedSi

Im not planning on going deep into performance. I want to get the most out of my tires, don't want to buy a new set of tires every year. The guy that did the alignment said the camber wasnt adjustable so he couldn't adjust and I dont have a camber kit.

Thanks for your help

Kool-Lude

I assume thats negative camber^^^
If you want less tire wear then you will need to buy camber plates to dial out the neg. camber.

Your left and right sides should be closer than 1.2 and .2 degrees. You either got a ****ty alignment or your pass side suspension is bent somewhere. Plus, if the alignment was done without you in the car, that spread is even greater once you're inside.

^^^Vtecspd...my alignment guy, whom I highly regard, gave me a bit of toe out on the front (for better turn in) BUT toe "in" on the rear. I recently questioned his reasoning behind this. Just currious about your thoughts?

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