I just had my integra lowered 2"/1.75" (f/r). The shop did an alignment and they did set the toe back to almost 0 all around. Now the rear camber is fine at -1.5 or so. The front however is different: -2.35 FL and -2.85 FR. My question is should the numbers up front match? IS it uncommon to have such a difference in #s going from left to right? The shop said that's "the best we could do".

Thanks for any help.

 

Well ideally you want it the same both sides, but I think I usually have a tad more on the right than the left.

 

i intentionally set mine about .3 to .4 degrees neg. more on the right-side because when you get in the car the neg camber on the driver side increases slightly. To test this i stood on the driver door jam and measured it, then got out and measured it. With myself in the car, the 2 front tires are within about .1 or .2 degrees of eachother. Yes i'm extremely **** about my suspension.

greenGS: the difference in the 2 front tires measured with you in the car is going to be so negligible that i wouldn't worry about it. However, you may want to invest in a camber kit up front and do the washer trick in back to reduce some of that negative. 2.85 neg is quite a bit, but if you keep the toe right all the time you'll probably be fine without one.

 

It will eventually cause some wear on the inside edge, but not super fast. On my last set of ES100's I went 15K miles w/ -2.5 camber up front before deciding to flip the tires around on the wheels to get some extra life out of them.

One time my friend aligned my car with me sitting in it, you might see if you can do that next time you have an alignment done.

 

Thanks for your help. I appreciate it. I was a little worried about the camber being different. From reading Patrick's posts I hope that my toe being set at ~0 combined with frequent tire rotation will help with tire wear...

 

Yeah, after years of saying that camber kits are overrated yadda yadda, I have decided to actually get OmniPower adjustable front and rear upper arms, so that I can dial in my camber to about -2 up front and -1.5 in back.