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Need advice on my alignment post drop.

Old Aug 3, 2009 | 04:24 PM
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Default Need advice on my alignment post drop.

I originally posted this on driver and let's be honest, there's just a lot better technical guys on this site. Any advice will be helpful.

I dropped my car Monday on a set of swift sport springs. They have an advertised drop of 1"F/.6"R. I was looking for a moderate drop and I'm very happy with the before and after. I wanted to get aligned before doing the springmount mod to see how much play was left in the rear camber adjustment. I don't want to drop the rear any further if I'm out of adjustment. No sense on killing my rear tires before getting the camber kit in hand.

Long story short, I'm completely baffled at my alignments specs. First off, the printout says they used the sedan settings (I cut it out of the photo). Second, the left side is way off and the right is pretty good. How is this possible? I have about 6k on my current tires and they are all worn a little on the inside but completely even before my drop. The same was the case with my stock 17's when they came off. The rears were even across the tire, while the fronts had even inner wear.

I'd think with this much difference in camber I'd feel it while driving, but my car drives great. It is a little smoother after the alignment, most likely due to the toe, but these specs look a little wild to me. I'm just looking for some advice and opinions. I purchased the lifetime alignment at firestone because i was planning to do the springmount mod if I could without buying the new rear camber kit. I figured I'd more than get my money's worth out of that service. After this alignment, I'm questioning if that will be the case. They also noted that the left rear was already completely out of adjustment.



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Old Aug 3, 2009 | 07:19 PM
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Do not like the difference in front left-right camber.

Would like to see -1 or -2 degrees of front tow. This is a performance sports car not a Toyota Camry.

Do not like the difference in rear left-right camber.
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