Wheel Alignment, Is this excessive camber? |
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Wheel Alignment, Is this excessive camber? |
fiacra |
Jul 5 2024, 08:23 AM
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Person.Woman.Man.Camera.TV Group: Members Posts: 407 Joined: 1-March 19 From: East Bay Region - California Member No.: 22,920 Region Association: Northern California |
1975 1.8 fully stock California car. I just put in turbo tie rods as well as a new trailing arm bushing, so alignment was needed. Not easy to find shops that do alignment on these cars, but a local member recommended a racing shop about 30 miles away and I took it there. They asked if I wanted it aligned for "street driving" and I confirmed that was the case. Let me emphasize that this is a stock California car in well maintained condition (a previous owner had it for 44 years and really took care of it) and I'm a really mild street driver. It is rare I'll use every one of the 76hp this can put out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) . Street driving only, no AX, no racing. It drove fine getting to the shop, no pulling, no vibration, etc. They told me it drove "much better" after alignment, and that the alignment was way off, especially in the rear. I couldn't tell any difference in how it drove pre and post alignment, but remember I drive for fun and I'm not by any means an aggressive driver. I brought a bunch of 914Rubber sourced shims with me, but they needed none of them and in fact returned to me a bunch of shims that were already on the car. I didn't notice it at the time I got the car back, but the next day I could see the rear wheel stance was significantly different, with (in my opinion) a lot of camber. Prior to the alignment it had maybe 1-2 degrees of camber. Again, I can't tell any difference in how the car drives, but maybe I could if I really pushed it? My question is, is this correct? I've really not seen this amount of camber on other members cars. Also, I kind of hate the rear tires leaning inward look. Not sure if I should take it back and ask for this to be "corrected." Other options are to live with it, or take it to another shop. Any thoughts? Is this amount of camber correct?
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technicalninja |
Jul 7 2024, 08:11 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,825 Joined: 31-January 23 From: Granbury Texas Member No.: 27,135 Region Association: Southwest Region |
3/4" of toe in will DESTROY a set of front tires in 20 miles.
Toe IS the tire killer here! I helped a friend install a rack in an Infinity I30 once. He was taking the car from his garage to NTB to have both a full on 4-wheel alignment done and new tires installed. He needed to drive 10 miles. I shortchanged the job and didn't actually measure toe. "Free for a friend" an all... The tires were old but had another 5k worth of rubber on them. I just quickly "eyeballed" it and he went to the tire shop. Both front tires "corded" on the way, and he BARELY got to the tire shop. Ninja got a NEW RULE that day! "Always, always check toe with at least a tape measure!" He had a little under 1/2" of toe in... |
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