whats a good alignment setup?
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whats a good alignment setup?
hey does anyone have an opinion on some good specs on aligning coilovers? I installed my zeal function xs's yesterday and Im getting my car aligned and corner-weighed on wednesday but was wondering what I should do for oversteer or understeer and other things......
Not quite the right forum and all, but what do you want from the car? Are you auto-xing, tracking, or just have a particular handling character you're looking for on the street?
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I jus want it to handle sweet on the street and track it everyonce in a while.... im getting coner weighed and all I jus dont really know much about alignment setubs
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https://www.i-club.com/forums/bay-area-15/whats-great-place-get-alignment-202267/
That thread can shed some light on where to go at least. Call around and ask for some expert opinions from some of the suggested alignment shops. The ones recommended should be fairly versed with Subarus. IMO, alignment setups are subjective based on a lot of factors (wheel & tire setup, suspension setup, weight of the car, what you want to accomplish overall, etc, etc). Good luck!
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That thread can shed some light on where to go at least. Call around and ask for some expert opinions from some of the suggested alignment shops. The ones recommended should be fairly versed with Subarus. IMO, alignment setups are subjective based on a lot of factors (wheel & tire setup, suspension setup, weight of the car, what you want to accomplish overall, etc, etc). Good luck!
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It really depends. You have to put the time into adjusting the set-up. There isn't any right set-up... just a bunch of wrong ones. Get it aligned. I have -2 degree camber up front and -1 in the rear. As for the height and corner balancing... it depends on what you feel like needs to be done to the car.
It took me a good 3 or 4 auto-x events to figure out a good set-up for my car, and I was extremely lucky to have dialed it in that quickly. Even then, 5 or 6 events later, I had it fine-tuned again...
So... yeah... do the seat time and make adjustments.
It took me a good 3 or 4 auto-x events to figure out a good set-up for my car, and I was extremely lucky to have dialed it in that quickly. Even then, 5 or 6 events later, I had it fine-tuned again...
So... yeah... do the seat time and make adjustments.
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just fyi if the person who is doing your alignment is any good they can put the setting where they need to be for what you want to do with the car and how much tire wear you want.
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After Cobb springs and bars,17x9,and 255s,I asked Custom Alignment to set me up for street and occasional track. They used -.7 front/-1.4 rear camber and total toe-in of 1/16" front and 1/8" rear. Feels great to me.
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cool thanks guys for the help I know im on the wrong forum but I got the answers I was looking for.... car will be aligned on wednesday cant wait! car looks so dope lowered I just want it to be on point..... hey what did they charge you at custom alignment? dude there told me 495 for corner weighing
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