Alignment after lowering car
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Alignment after lowering car
I just lowered my car with megan racing springs and was wondering what I should want my alignment specs to look like. My front wheels look like they have excessive negative camber, but I read a post on here that I should want as much negative camber as possible. I don't want to wear out the inside edge of my tires prematurely, so I'm a little confused.
My car is a daily driver that will not see the track while I am the owner of it.
I think my front and rear toe should be set as close to 0 as possible, correct?
What about my front and rear camber?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Michael
My car is a daily driver that will not see the track while I am the owner of it.
I think my front and rear toe should be set as close to 0 as possible, correct?
What about my front and rear camber?
Thanks for any suggestions.
Michael
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https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...lignment+specs
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Reading this quickly again, I may have misunderstood... Maximum negative camber = closer to 0, or as negative as possible? Doesn't make sense to me to achieve negative as possible cause you would eat tires, hence my question here.
Are stock specs what I'm looking for even though I'm using aftermarket springs?
Thanks for your input.
Michael
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Reading this quickly again, I may have misunderstood... Maximum negative camber = closer to 0, or as negative as possible? Doesn't make sense to me to achieve negative as possible cause you would eat tires, hence my question here.
Are stock specs what I'm looking for even though I'm using aftermarket springs?
Thanks for your input.
Michael
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I would be doing the alignment myself, or having one of my buddies do it since I'm hard for open time these days, guess I should have mentioned that. I will get it aligned to factory spec and see how it is.
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Not really asking for settings as that are standard in the computer. I thought the specs would be different since I'm not at stock height, but you all answered my questions. Thanks much!
Michael
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I can only offer my own suggestions that I use on my own car. I daily drive my RX8 which does see about 8 to 10 autocross sessions a year and a few road course days. I run zero toe on all four wheels and run -1 degree of camber on all 4 wheels.
Since I put over 20,000 miles a year on my RX8 I can't afford to buy a new set of tires every 6 months so my camber settings are not as aggressive.
Since I put over 20,000 miles a year on my RX8 I can't afford to buy a new set of tires every 6 months so my camber settings are not as aggressive.
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lots of good info here.
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-racing-25/alignment-settings-street-track-use-43308/
and the first alignment mentioned works fine on the street.
chow
https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-racing-25/alignment-settings-street-track-use-43308/
and the first alignment mentioned works fine on the street.
chow
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