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Old May 2, 2006 | 12:42 PM
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hi i just went to get my car aligned this morning. well after doing some searching here, i see that toe is the biggest issue in tire wear not the camber. im just wondering if this result looks good to you guys. right front = camber -0.97 & toe -0.02, left front = camber -1.14 & toe -0.01, right rear = camber -1.53 & toe 0.17, left rear = camber -2.11 & toe 0.10. do you guys thinks this would eat my tires? lol i have a hankook tires that have 200 thread wear. thanks
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Old May 2, 2006 | 04:11 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lude-tec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hi i just went to get my car aligned this morning. well after doing some searching here, i see that toe is the biggest issue in tire wear not the camber. im just wondering if this result looks good to you guys. right front = camber -0.97 & toe -0.02, left front = camber -1.14 & toe -0.01, right rear = camber -1.53 & toe 0.17, left rear = camber -2.11 & toe 0.10. do you guys thinks this would eat my tires? lol i have a hankook tires that have 200 thread wear. thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

Questions:
What car?
Suspension setup?
Desired handling characteristics?

Front toe looks good. Front camber as well. You'll have more driver side camber, because that side of the car is heavier (assuming its a Prelude, as your name suggests).

More rear camber than front? Not necessarily a bad thing, but would probably cause understeer. Someone correct me, but isn't positive toe toe in? If so, sounds like they tried to give you near stock toe levels. Again, not necessarily a bad thing, and would definately give the car high speed stability, but might not necessarily be best for a track/autox car.

And no, I do not think it will eat tires. It sounds like a fine alignment for street use. If you really wanted to, you could have asked them to 0 the toe in the back, but I'm guessing that isn't what Honda recommended for your car, and you'll be perfectly fine with a little toe in back there, thats usually how they come stock.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 04:35 PM
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Exactly what TN said...

I find it strange you have greater camber in the rear than front.
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Old May 2, 2006 | 07:04 PM
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thanks for the replies. ya its a 1993 4WS honda prelude. i have it on tein hr coilovers. it's a daily driver car and i dont race on streets nor speed on turns. thanks for looking out ^^^
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Old May 2, 2006 | 09:46 PM
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Front toe should be set to 0. But those will do okay.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 09:05 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lude-tec &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
right front
camber -0.97
toe -0.02

left front
camber -1.14
toe -0.01

right rear
camber -1.53
toe 0.17

left rear
camber -2.11
toe 0.10

do you guys thinks this would eat my tires?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Is the toe in inches or in degrees? If it's in inches, you have over 1/4" of total toe-in in the rear. The front seems okay.
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Old May 3, 2006 | 09:14 AM
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Toe is in degrees
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Old May 3, 2006 | 09:40 AM
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^^^ yup its in degrees. what do you guys think about the tire wear? my tires are hankook tires that have tirewear 200. im guessing its pretty low because tires i mostly use have tirewear 350. will this setting eat these tires faster? thanks for lookin out peeps
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Old May 3, 2006 | 04:55 PM
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I would set toe to Zero all the way around
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