Finally Did an Alignment Today

[jonroe]

Just a report for those interested.

Today I got a wheel alignment, first ever since the car was new. My front tire wear was there but not terrible. I got 56K miles out of the front tires before the inner edge wear got to the cords.

The stock alignment showed about -0.8 or -0.9 for the camber. The toe was some negative but not much.

Of course the camber adjusting tabs had to go to get a better adjustment. We tried to unbolt them but there is not enough clearance with the steering rack to get the bolts out of the front. We even loosened the rack but still could not get enough clearance. Ultimately, my alignment guy burned off the tabs with a torch. Then he adjusted to:

-0.2 to -0.3 camber
+0.02 total toe (+0.01 on each side)

This should improve the wear on my new tires.

Jon

[offroadkarter]

Just a report for those interested.

Today I got a wheel alignment, first ever since the car was new. My front tire wear was there but not terrible. I got 56K miles out of the front tires before the inner edge wear got to the cords.

The stock alignment showed about -0.8 or -0.9 for the camber. The toe was some negative but not much.

Of course the camber adjusting tabs had to go to get a better adjustment. We tried to unbolt them but there is not enough clearance with the steering rack to get the bolts out of the front. We even loosened the rack but still could not get enough clearance. Ultimately, my alignment guy burned off the tabs with a torch. Then he adjusted to:

-0.2 to -0.3 camber
+0.02 total toe (+0.01 on each side)

This should improve the wear on my new tires.

Jon


i had my car aligned to the carfixer specs about a week ago, tracks straighter than ever :)

[CBT]

Just a report for those interested.
I got 56K miles out of the front tires before the inner edge wear got to the cords. This should improve the wear on my new tires.
Jon

56 thousand?!?! And you need improvement?!?! I didn't 56 thousand combined out of 3 sets!!

[jonroe]

There was still a few thousand miles left on the main tread. The inner edges were worn to the cords or I would have gone more. Like I said, the alignment wasn't too far out. I got 42K from the original rears and they had some miles left but I was going into winter last year.

[CBT]

There was still a few thousand miles left on the main tread. The inner edges were worn to the cords or I would have gone more. Like I said, the alignment wasn't too far out. I got 42K from the original rears and they had some miles left but I was going into winter last year.

My last back sets average out to 14 thousand 8 hundred miles of life. :cool: