hey,
i'm getting my car aligned this weekend at midas. it's a stock 92 dx hatch with 13 inch steelies. i don't really know about alignments but my question is, is there a certain standard degree that they set it to or what? what influences the degrees that they set it to?
thx

 

they set it to the factory specs that are in the computer. everything has a certain degree / measurement that it needs to be set to. its all computerized now with infrared sensors and transmitters. the camber can't be set, its not adjustable. the toe is usually what they adjust which is the way the tire points left or right ward. the camber is how the tire sits up and down... lowered cars always have negative camber, thats what makes them handle so much better but it eats the tire away from the inside edge.. caster is the tilting of the wheel from front to back and its not adjustable either.

 

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/...n.jsp

 

thanks for the info IVI and the great link

 

no problem, hope it helped out.