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Old Feb 9, 2017, 02:00 AM
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Best street alignmet

since this is a part of this forum the most experienced guy usually hang out,i have to ask it here lol

I am buying the Ohlins DVF R/T to my street car, this week. I will be on 255-265s about 300-400 UTQG rated all seasons. Full weight about 3600lbs etc.
Right now i have 275s but i found no advantage over 265 's for sure. So i might go back even two steps to 255s dont know yet. Most likelly ill stick with a good old 265 size

What you guys think the best alignment numbers would be for street, spirited driving for that set up? Keep it stock?
Old Feb 9, 2017, 05:11 AM
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How many miles a year do you drive?
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Evo X?

little bit of camber, and zero toe front and a smidge of rear toe in.
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Its a X, and i do drive it a lot when i am home. But a car usually sits for months. Anyhow i still managed to put 45K miles in a 2014 GSR Mainly on back road driving and trips for weekends.

I had a alignment back in 2008 in my other X which is a rally car now with a same tire size etc. and KW V3. But the alignment eat the tires like crazy. i do not want that happen again.




I am looking something modest but a bit more aggressive then stock.
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What EVOizmm said. Zero toe front, smidge toe-in rear. -2* front camber, -1.5* rear will work well.
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sounds good to me
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Originally Posted by letsgetthisdone
What EVOizmm said. Zero toe front, smidge toe-in rear. -2* front camber, -1.5* rear will work well.
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Originally Posted by letsgetthisdone
What EVOizmm said. Zero toe front, smidge toe-in rear. -2* front camber, -1.5* rear will work well.
thank you guys
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Originally Posted by letsgetthisdone
What EVOizmm said. Zero toe front, smidge toe-in rear. -2* front camber, -1.5* rear will work well.
Pretty much what I did when I first got my Ohlins installed, except -1.6* rear while on stock size 245 Michelin PSS.
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Originally Posted by Sawdust
Pretty much what I did when I first got my Ohlins installed, except -1.6* rear while on stock size 245 Michelin PSS.

Settings posted are ballpark. For a street car, "close" is good enough.
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-2 Front, -1.5 Rear, 0 Toe all around worked great for my daily.
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