Alignment settings post em!
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Im having new tires put onto the car and they are going to check the alignment and see where its at (Firestone). Currently the car drives straight and handles like a dream tire wear looks great and seems even. I am looking through this and trying to come up with a good idea on a number to tell them i would like my car set to.
I would like some input and suggestions. My car is an 06 STI, I have some sort of aftermarket strut insert with Swift springs, I have full sub frame bracing from back to front, H brace, White line ALK, White line Roll center, I have spherical tie rod ends, after market C links for the sways, possibly sways but cant tell they are black and no stickers, and i have the camber bolts front and rear at least thats what i read on one of the receipts the previous owner gave me. I DD my car and i do a lot of canyon runs and at times drive aggressively. Im not a fan of under-steer one bit (my FWD days are behind me and even then i had my car set up to under-steer as little as poss for a FWD). I would like my car to handle and corner at the very least as well as it does now if not better.
I saw buzzword post these specs (he has an 06Sti) but he has coils and camber plates so im not sure how close i can get my car to match those numbers.
front: -1.5 camber 0 toe +4 caster
rear: -.5 camber 0 toe 0 caster
Any suggestions for settings?
Thanks
I would like some input and suggestions. My car is an 06 STI, I have some sort of aftermarket strut insert with Swift springs, I have full sub frame bracing from back to front, H brace, White line ALK, White line Roll center, I have spherical tie rod ends, after market C links for the sways, possibly sways but cant tell they are black and no stickers, and i have the camber bolts front and rear at least thats what i read on one of the receipts the previous owner gave me. I DD my car and i do a lot of canyon runs and at times drive aggressively. Im not a fan of under-steer one bit (my FWD days are behind me and even then i had my car set up to under-steer as little as poss for a FWD). I would like my car to handle and corner at the very least as well as it does now if not better.
I saw buzzword post these specs (he has an 06Sti) but he has coils and camber plates so im not sure how close i can get my car to match those numbers.
front: -1.5 camber 0 toe +4 caster
rear: -.5 camber 0 toe 0 caster
Any suggestions for settings?
Thanks
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^^Unless you have camber plates, I don't think you can adjust the caster. -1.5/-0.5 should be cool. But I don't know much in regards the the GD chassis.
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Thanks for the input Jordan. That's what i figured. I'm still finding out and learning what all the previous owner installed on the car suspension wise. I just want to make sure my car is not set to the "standard vanilla" alignment setting and set to something similar to what i have now or better.
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Edit: look at my post #29. That is what I was trying to say here. Sorry for any confusion.
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Thats what I am trying to say. If he brings his right front to -2.9 to match his left, that would be better than bringing the left down to -2.0.
The bottom line is he should have:
Front, left -2.9/right -2.9
Rear, left -2.5/right -2.5
The bottom line is he should have:
Front, left -2.9/right -2.9
Rear, left -2.5/right -2.5
Last edited by bikelok; 02-17-2012 at 01:07 PM.