I notice my front wheels are straight from the top to the bottom but the rear wheels are angle out more at the bottom is that normal?

 

Sounds like your camber is off. Is your car lowered?

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my car isn't, and it looks like that too, top is leaning inside like this but not so much /------\

 

I think some is by design for handling but the Z appears extreme - even more so to my eyes after having the TSR alignment done for the tire feathering problem. Probably just my eyes because I thought camber wasn't adjustable. Is this true?

 

Camber is not adjustable in the front. All you can adjust in the front is the toe (w/stock parts). The rear is adjustable.

 

yeah I just had the alignment too and they told me it was way off but now I notice the rear driver side wheel is angle more than the rear passenger side hmmm. ps: I dont have any mod to the suspension system other than I just put in new wheels 18" privat and tires 245 & 275 pilot sports A/S from Discount Tires and I took them off and re torque them with torque wrench to 80 lb/ft.

 

I just noticed it on mine when I spun the tires pulling into the parking lot at my apartment complex. There was good tread contact on the innner portion of the tire but none on the outer portion of the tire. I also have 275/40 rear tires. Could this be something that is not very pronounced on the stock wheels/tires but, once you get a wider wheel/tire it is obvious?

 

When you run a wider tire you will definately notice a difference in the contact patch. Because stock, the rear suspension has a lil bit of negative camber. So when you have a wider tire, it "appears" like you have more negative camber than you used to. And the camber is also easily noticeable because we run such a large overall diameter wheel/tire combo. So you a lil bit of camber looks like a lot of negative camber in comparison to other cars with the same camber settings.

A lil bit of negative camber isnt going to hurt anyone, positive camber is never really preferred by tuners. You should always have your alignment set when installing springs/shocks or coilovers. When you work with cars enough or drive them enough, you will begin to be able to set your alignment yourself to your preference. It is difficult to learn, so it is generally recommended to have it aligned back to stock settings at a shop.

 

This is normal on all Z's. When I first got my car I thought the rear camber was way off. The next I was at the nissan dealership though - I noticed every Z out there looked the same way.

 

Does it make any diff if they did the alignment with my old stock wheels before I put in the new ones because I notice they did the alignment without taking off the wheels, so if the old stock wheels were not made perfect wouldnt the alignment be off again ?