rurouni_x Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Hey guys can any of you suspension experts help me dial in my alignment specs. I'm running Megan coilovers with a pretty aggressive drop. The front has no gap and the rears have a 1 finger gap. Wheels are 18x9.5 +33F and +38 rear and tires are 255.35.18 I have the camber set at full - on the coilovers. I notice some bad inside wear on my front tires and they only have about 300 miles. I have Perrin lat. links for the rear as well. What specs would you suggest I aim for to keep the aggressive fitment and drop but save my tires? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rnstein69 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 That comes with the territory of having that much negative camber. I mean, it is usually toe that wears tires more than anything, but I know to squeeze that rim/tire combo under the fender is to have a lot of negative camber in conjunction with rolling and pulling. What kind of tires are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FPerron Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 I assume you had the car aligned after installing the coilovers - so what camber settings are you running? If those coilovers are jammed all the way in at the top, you probably have excessive negative camber in the front. You really shouldn't have more than 2 degrees negative. In the rear, I don't see how you got those tires to fit in the wheel wells without some aggressive fender lip rolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnstein69 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 My setup is: 18 x 8.5, +44, 245/35/18 tires I am lowered on tein flex coilovers, I have about -1.5 camber up front and my front inside tire wear is hardly noticeable. I have about 5k miles on these tires so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rurouni_x Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 That comes with the territory of having that much negative camber. I mean, it is usually toe that wears tires more than anything, but I know to squeeze that rim/tire combo under the fender is to have a lot of negative camber in conjunction with rolling and pulling. What kind of tires are you running? Im running Nitto INVO blacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rurouni_x Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 I assume you had the car aligned after installing the coilovers - so what camber settings are you running? If those coilovers are jammed all the way in at the top, you probably have excessive negative camber in the front. You really shouldn't have more than 2 degrees negative. In the rear, I don't see how you got those tires to fit in the wheel wells without some aggressive fender lip rolling. Actually I never aligned after the CO's because the tires were wearing evenly. But when I added negative camber to fit the new tires thats when my tires were getting chewed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rurouni_x Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 what toe should I aim for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
05gtlimited300 Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I was under the impression toe should be 0 all around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rurouni_x Posted November 13, 2009 Author Share Posted November 13, 2009 got it done today camber is neg 1.5F neg 1R toe is 0 all around Caster is +6 3/4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devobuzz Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 That is the "typical" alignment for our cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnstein69 Posted November 13, 2009 Share Posted November 13, 2009 got it done today camber is neg 1.5F neg 1R toe is 0 all around Caster is +6 3/4 You might also want to rotate your wheels front to back every oil change. That will help with the inside wear of your front tires since the rear does not have to have camber as aggressive as the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rurouni_x Posted November 14, 2009 Author Share Posted November 14, 2009 yeah i do rotations quite often about every 1500 miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubyShop.com Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 Drive harder to even out the wear from the inside. -Franz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rnstein69 Posted November 14, 2009 Share Posted November 14, 2009 ^^this is a great excuse to go autocrossing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S0CalGT Posted November 16, 2009 Share Posted November 16, 2009 ...or flip tires (right to left, left to right) as long as the sidewalls aren't specifcally marked "outside" and there's still a good amount of tread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rurouni_x Posted November 16, 2009 Author Share Posted November 16, 2009 tires are asymmetrical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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