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Randy Chase · 09-14-2004, 11:21 AM

We are still playing with alignment. We have learned a few things and seek to learn more.

We tried maxing out negative camber in the rear and found that it was too much. Specially with the limited amount of neg camber we could get on the front.

We feel that you need to max out the neg camber on the front, which in our case turned out be less than one degree. Remove all the shims except the one that holds the ABS harness.

Than use 2-3 shims on the rear to achieve around -2 degrees. Our calculations were that each shim was worth .14 degrees in the rear.

We went with zero toe in the front and a small amount of toe in on the rear to tame some looseness. We plan on testing some other toe settings this spring.

Caster? We are at around 3.5 degrees.

09-14-2004, 11:21 AM	#6 (permalink)
Randy Chase Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: San Diego and where ever the roads lead Posts: 28,174 Images: 761	alignment We are still playing with alignment. We have learned a few things and seek to learn more. We tried maxing out negative camber in the rear and found that it was too much. Specially with the limited amount of neg camber we could get on the front. We feel that you need to max out the neg camber on the front, which in our case turned out be less than one degree. Remove all the shims except the one that holds the ABS harness. Than use 2-3 shims on the rear to achieve around -2 degrees. Our calculations were that each shim was worth .14 degrees in the rear. We went with zero toe in the front and a small amount of toe in on the rear to tame some looseness. We plan on testing some other toe settings this spring. Caster? We are at around 3.5 degrees.