Changing stock suspension alignment

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Aug 22, 2008 | 05:12 PM
  #1  
Just recently I bought Bridgestone RE 960AS tires 245/45/17 Ultra High Performance tires. My stock advans I actually still have a pretty good amount of tread even at 18,000 miles but due to the factory toe settings I have massive wear on the inner 1 inch of the tires.

Now my friend will be doing the tire swap and alignment for me. I plan on zeroing my Toe to avoid this type of tire wear for the future.

Should I just leave the stock alignment with zero (front/rear) toe or would you guys recommend a different setting to maximize performance ?
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Aug 22, 2008 | 06:28 PM
  #2  
Also from what I have searched most say to get:

Front: -2 camber , 0 toe

Rear: -1 camber , 0 toe

Then there was some talk that the stock suspension might not get up to -2 but bring it as close to it as possible....

Any more imput, maybe over time there is better results with other alignment settings?
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Aug 22, 2008 | 06:39 PM
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Any talk that the stock camber bolts cannot do -2 is ridiculous. There is a -1 and -2 camber selection. Will it be -2 exactly, maybe not, but if you are cutting hairs that closely you need your head looked at

I am lowered and using the -1 bolt but seeing -1.7 on a rack.

But those setting you posted are good for an agressive daily driver. What are you uses?
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Aug 22, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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Quote: Any talk that the stock camber bolts cannot do -2 is ridiculous. There is a -1 and -2 camber selection. Will it be -2 exactly, maybe not, but if you are cutting hairs that closely you need your head looked at

I am lowered and using the -1 bolt but seeing -1.7 on a rack.

But those setting you posted are good for an agressive daily driver. What are you uses?
I use my car as a daily driver. Since I will be getting an alignment zeroing my toe to avoid similar future "toe wear" , I figured possibly changing the stock camber settings for improvement from stock.

My evo is a daily driver, but I would like to do some auto cross or maybe road race in the future but nothing real hard core. Also so it could still be fun/better on the streets, not that I would be doing anything crazy on public roads.

My friend is a mechanic and will be hooking me up at the dealership. Since I got the chance to have it adjusted, I figured why not change it if it will handle better than stock. So I'm thinking having the front -2 camber or as close as it goes (-1.8), and rear camber -1.

I'm still a noob with suspension settings. But researching I found that a little less camber in the rear in respect to the front helps from understeering.
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Aug 22, 2008 | 06:56 PM
  #5  
Sounds good then
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Aug 22, 2008 | 08:09 PM
  #6  
Cool, thanks for help.
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