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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 02:04 PM
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here are the specs for my last Alignment. im thinking they did'nt do a very good job aligning everything up. What do you guys think?

left front
camber .04
caster 1.4
toe .04"

right front
camber -.02
caster .04
toe .04"

left rear
camber -1.3
toe .06"

right rear
camber -1.8
toe .06"




Modified by ek guy at 6:32 AM 11/5/2008
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 03:09 PM
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shrug. kinda toed in a bit much but not horrible. whats the middle spec for rear toe on an EK?

you have a bit of positive camber. but im assuming youre not lowered at all.

otherwise looks fine. cant do much about the cross caster.

how does it drive?
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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Looks good to me, I usually add in a little positive toe, so it'll kind of settle back to zero when you are driving. What are your SAI and included angles? What year and model car is this on?
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Old Nov 4, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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Some front neg. camber would be nice if you like cornering at all.
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 05:31 AM
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Its a 1997 civic dx hatch back. the car is lowered about 2 inches all the way around. I have a camber kit on the front. they adjusted everything for me.

how much camber should i be running?

the car feels loose. it has Koni blues with sprint springs.




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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 01:07 PM
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They adjusted the kit to near factory spec. A little negative camber is a good thing. I would say between -1 to -1.5 degrees is plenty, just make sure the toe is set well; bad toe along with negative camber will melt tires.
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 05:10 PM
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put some neg camber up front.

you need another alignment if you change the camber tho.

whats the rear toe supposed to be?
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Old Nov 5, 2008 | 07:11 PM
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im going to run -1.0 up front and see if that helps.
im going to go ahead and change my inner and outer tie rod ends and see if that improves anything. should i shim the rear to fix the camber or is the negative camber okay with my toe being .06"?

as for the rear toe... im not sure right off what the factory spec should be.
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