Saf17

Can they be aligned straight up?

KingBaby

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in real life

logan09

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Lol, what you are seeing is toe or camber depending on what way they are slanting. You will see it more in drifting and autocross as it isnt really needed to be as extreme for daily driving. And yes, they can be alligned differently.

Z1NONLY

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It's negative camber and it's generally done that way to stabilize the rear of the car when turning. It also helps accelerate out of corners if you have an LSD.

You *can* align them to zero camber, but I wouldn't recommend it for anything other than "looks". For driving performance, I would have at least one degree of negative camber.

I track my car and run ~2 degrees negative in the rear and 2.5 negative in the front.

Saf17

Thanks guys.

QuintonC

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HanoverZ

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Seems like every question like this is asked by someone who joined in 2013.

SQuaLZ

How is the tire wear? Is that on stock adjusters or you have a camber kit?

PeterFromSDiego

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Yep...and the epic "what is the best mod for the z?"

Saf17

There's always a few smart asses on these forums, no big deal.

However, I think my question is a lot more legitimate than, "what is the best mod for a Z?'

Waiz

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Moved to the correct subforum

OP put on your flame suit for questions like this, it's inevitable

Here is your answer:


http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camber_angle

ZS14RR

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Factory hellaflush stanced setting

Z1NONLY

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The wear on the back is pretty even, and the front's still wear the outside edge a little faster than the inside. (I usually "flip" the fronts on the wheels toward the end of their life, to get a few more events out of them.)

Because of the extra outside-edge wear that comes with track use, I would expect my alignment to cause some wear on the insides without track time put in the driving mix.

The front uses camber arms and the rear is all stock.

I also run ~1/16"-1/8" toe-out up front and about as much to-in for the rear.

Jah70

Never noticed this until I read this thread and went outside to look at my car lol. I know alot of BMWs have some negative camber in the rear but I never really noticed this about the Z until now.

Bret86944

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I like when less experienced members first ask these kinds of questions instead of coming right out of the chute with hey, I bought this car yesterday and have $5 to spend, how to I get 500hp?

AARONHL

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alignment 101

CleanFairladyZ

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I love threads like these. They make me feel like a veteran.

xiaolinmonk

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This ^^^


And wtf I never noticed negative camber on mine. I am stock.
I am going to check during daylight tomorrow.