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Old 04-24-2008, 10:49 PM   #1 (permalink)
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wheel aligntment specs?

i'm going to be taking my car into firestone soon for a lifetime alignment, this will be my first alignment since i got the car and i was wondering -- if there are any particular "specs" other than stock that would better benefit me in regards to mpg or performance?

or is stock just the best way to go?
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WTF is a lifetime alignment?

a little negative camber will help with cornering...but hurt tire life.
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firestone offers lifetime aligntments for the axles.
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I don't think thats worth it unless you occasionally mess with your suspension or hit alot of curbs.
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I've played with my alignment a lot, and there are some cornering improvements to be made. If you like cornering fast, I'd recommend about 0.9-1.1 degrees of camber in front, zero toe (stock toe). in the rear, I'd recommend 0.6-0.9 degrees of camber, and I've set my rear toe to 0 instead of the recommended 0.20 degrees or so of toe-in. these settings let me go around corners a lot faster, and the zero toe in the rear dialed out a LOT of the understeer in our cars, but I am seeing some tire wear after 25k miles on these settings. Also, if you go much over a degree of camber in the front, you will definitely get camber wear. Since the camry understeers so badly, you don't need to go over a degree of camber in the rear, which is a shame, since we can eke out almost 1.4 degrees on stock strut bolts in the back.

my setup is a 96 4 cylinder manual with h&r lowering springs and tokico blue struts. Stock 14" steel wheels with 205/55r14 tires stuffed on running 28lbs front and rear.
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