I got my car aligned yesterday and they set it to zero toe front, -.3 camber FL, -.6 camber FR, -1.1 RL and RR. Is this the correct setting for street use? I dont plan on tracking the car anytime soon.

I only ask because I've searched for alignments and everyone seems to set theirs at -1.5+ camber front and -1 at the rear with a little toe out.

 

Your alignment is fine (although you never mentioned the rear toe) as long as you plan to go straight all the time. Otherwise, your car will push (understeer) like a pig with that low of camber up front. Having more camber up front will not hurt anything contrary to popular belief. Excessive toe is what kills tires. I would go with more front camber.

Can anyone back me up?

 

the alignment guy said that it would cause excessive tire wear street driving and that I'd need extra "camber bolt kit" to set it at -1.5 in front.

 

Not true, if you set your negative camber is to much the inside of your tires will wear like a ****. It all depends how u want to drive, if you like to auto-x then make the sacrifice of tire wear for performance, but if all you want is a daily driver then go with the stock settings.

 

I'm glad you posted this. I had mine done not too long ago and had very similar camber settings on the front. The factory settings specify approx. -1 front camber I believe. There is a bolt that can be switched to set the camber between -1 or -2 degrees depending on its position. You could consider trying the second setting since that should get you pretty close to the -1.5 you want.

 

Your alignment is weak at best.

Try searching It's possible to get more camber in the front.

Search for your answers

 

Get as much negative cambe in the front as you can get stock. I agree with Whitet777, toe out is what will hurt your tires in the long run. I had an sti before the evo mr, I was running negative 3.5 degree of camber in the front and zero toe. This was my autocross and street setup. I was still wearing the outside tire more so than the inside. So I'm telling you this from experience, I'm not guessing. AWD cars tend to understeer more than rear so you are always pushing more on the front tires when turning.

 

Guys, this topic has been discussed to death in previous threads. Camber does not kill tires. I have 9000 miles on my tires with -1.9 camber up front and they have even wear across the tread. They are almost bald now, but that is a different story Regardless, I stand by my previous statement that you don't have enough camber up front for even spirited backroad driving, let alone autocrossing. Also, no camber bolt is needed if the alignment guy knows what he is doing and flips the eccentric bolt.

 

I have been running over -2.5 for over 6000 miles now with no abnormal wear.

Toe kills tires, not camber.