I just got my wheel alignment done at tubby tyres and i'm a complete noob so i'm not really sure how to read the results on the print out. Mind you i forgot to tell them to set the toe to 0degrees and let them do what they thought was best, i don't know if that was a bad idea or not but it seems as though the front toe has been adjusted a lot. Most of the other results seem similar, rear axle toe seems to be adjusted a bit but it isn't close to 0 degrees. My question is, are these results bad? Or will they suffice a daily driven car? Sorry for the noobness and thanks for everyones help.
Seems fine, the front caster has a higher angle on the drivers side which would make your car go left, this is probably why they have given you toe in on the left and a small amount of toe out on the right. The total is fine for stable driving with tyre wear in mind. Off-set caster bushes will help correct this and allow a more accurate alignment.
The rear has a similar situation - since there is basically no camber adjustment on the Euro standard they have give you 2mm toe in in order to try and offset the tyre wear you will get with -2.5 camber. If you look into an adjustable rear camber kit the camber can be corrected and you can run less toe in which will provide a more neutral handling result.
Hope this helps! Tubby's seems like they have a good aligner!
I just got my wheel alignment done at tubby tyres and i'm a complete noob so i'm not really sure how to read the results on the print out. Mind you i forgot to tell them to set the toe to 0degrees and let them do what they thought was best, i don't know if that was a bad idea or not but it seems as though the front toe has been adjusted a lot. Most of the other results seem similar, rear axle toe seems to be adjusted a bit but it isn't close to 0 degrees. My question is, are these results bad? Or will they suffice a daily driven car? Sorry for the noobness and thanks for everyones help.
So you happy with the wheel alignment?I think they're good.Good to see Senna agrees as he seems to be a suspension expert.BTW get a rear camber kit,it's worth it.
sorry to double post, on iphone atm. Ive noticed that the rear left wheel gap is about a tight 2 finger gap and the rear right wheel gap is about a loose 2 finger gap, can get a tight 3 finger gap if tried. Im pretty sure that this wasn't the case before the wheel alignment, is this normal? It doesnt really bother me that much but would like to see if the alignmen had anything to do with it. thanks!
sorry to double post, on iphone atm. Ive noticed that the rear left wheel gap is about a tight 2 finger gap and the rear right wheel gap is about a loose 2 finger gap, can get a tight 3 finger gap if tried. Im pretty sure that this wasn't the case before the wheel alignment, is this normal? It doesnt really bother me that much but would like to see if the alignmen had anything to do with it. thanks!
A wheel alignment doesn't cause this. The difference comes from the design to balance the corner weights of the Euro.
What will shit you more is that the front driver's side is 1 cm lower than the front passenger's side! Oops, shouldn't have told you that. It is to compensate for the heavier front driver's side due to the driver.
Alignment can cause a different gap - the passenger side has -0.5 less camber than the passenger side so the tyre is more straight up than the other side. You are right with the corner weight though - basically every car has different measurements l/r, f/r.
The difference in front height should be that the drivers side is higher than the passenger side to compensate for the driver when they are in the car, if the passenger side is higher than the drivers side then you should be annoyed!
Actually y'all can help me out here... This is going to be tricky.
Look, the car is stock height ATM. And I'm looking to order a set of new rims, Sparco Assetto Gara's in bronze to be exact.
Obviously the gap neeeds to be reduced a bit.
However.
I've got a farking cusco type 2 lower strut bar. So my car al already 1 inch approx closer to the ground than the rest of youse... Stock
So if I get a coilover that drops 1.5 inches +.... I will bottom out and cause damage... Not to mention defects.
Im thinking the max I can drop is .75 inches there about (because then I'll still be 1.75 inches closer to the ground. Fml
I'm not going to track the car and it's already scraping every day, so I think need a firmer suspension or something to counter the scraping...
Or is the existing scraping caused by deterioated OEM shocks (cars on 130k km)???
Bit it also depends how you drive over bumps i had my catback which was about 12cm off the ground at stock height.
Firmer suspension will help but it just depends on what is scraping if its scraping on everything no matter how fast or slow you go when firmness may not help.
Just get coils my coils could actually go to stock height lol so you can fine tune between low enough and no scraping.
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. Any idea on the cost to install it?
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