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Old 08-05-10, 11:47 PM
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Question 91 Tokico Blue Shocks, Eibach Springs Ideal Alignment?

I just installed dtss eliminators, poly bushings, and already had eibach springs, tokico shocks. I do not have an adjustable rear camber bar.

I would like to know what everyone recommends for camber/caster/toe settings for my setup. Car is street driven, and some aggressive cornering. I had it aligned before swapping the bushings, and I still had excessive understeer.

I'm guessing 0 toe, -1* to -1.5* camber, and as much caster as I can get?

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
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get a rear camber bar. camber/caster arent adjustable up front unless you have plates (guessing you dont). zero toe all around
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Originally Posted by Josh18_2k
get a rear camber bar. camber/caster arent adjustable up front unless you have plates (guessing you dont). zero toe all around
You are correct I do not have aftermarket plates. The factory front mounts have 4 different settings depending on how they are turned. I also have some of the eibach camber adj. bolts (+/- 1* camber).
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Is anyone else running a similar setup with some alignment experience they would care to share with me?
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3 settings that add 30' of camber/caster or both.

Is running more caster beneficial?
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i set mine up with max negative camber/max positive caster in the front, which ended up being like -.6 camber, its stock. it still understeers with -.6.

i started with zero toe all the way around, and its awesome.

i did end up adding a little toe back into the rear, zero toe felt unstable if you were not on the gas in a turn. mine ended up being symmetrical side to side, so i just moved the adjuster a notch...

add a little toe in the rear = much more stable feeling.

rear camber is like -1.3ish, its stock too
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