Got my wheel alignment today on my 1991 S5 Tii and it was pretty badly needed. When one wheel was straight the other was pointing inwards and after lifting the front of the suspension it was way out of whack. They asked me if I wanted more focus on cornering or straights so I said cornering as this'll never be a drag beast. These are the results.


To be honest I have no idea if the changes are big, or if it should be much better now. At least it drives straight when the steering wheel is straight (just about) and it feels like it wants to go around corners now. They did say the rear does have a bit more negative camber than spec because the suspension is lowering it and can't be adjusted.

Anyone got any thoughts, or is it a case of "if it feels good for you it's good"?

 

looks good except that they took away your negative camber in the front

 

How did they adjust your rear camber? ~1* different L to R I don't know how much of a difference that makes but it seems like they could've balanced that out a bit more?

 

Needs more front camber. Seriously more.

 

This is a pretty bad alignment. Just about nothing is even, your front camber is awful, and the toe has only been adjusted for a 'green alignment.' You definitely need more camber up front, it needs to be even as it already is, but not in the back, and all of your toe should be 0 or very close to 0, i.e. 0.01.

 

how much negative camber can you run in the front without eating tires??? i run 1degree negative in the front now...can i go more?

 

I'd probably go as high as -2.0 or maybe -2.5 without worrying about eating tires. It's the combination of TOE plus camber that really destroys tires. This is because instead of the tire just rolling along at x angle of camber, it's now being PUSHED along the road at x degree toe. You have to run a lot of camber by itself before you see tire wear.

 

hmmm im running 2.8 in the rear...guess the guys at ntb are conservative on the camber because he said 1 degree was going to chew my tires up but my combination or camber an toe in the rear should even it out he said...dunno ill prob run 2 in the front or maybe a little more...

 

+1 I run 2.5 and even if you run more than that you can always rotate your wheels and tires from side to side by remove the tires and installing them on the opposite end to compensate for the negative camber effect.

 

2.8 in the rear is way too much. stick with 1-1.5 on street tires, upwards of 2 on slicks (that all depends on suspension and tire of course).

 

Yeah, 2.8 rear really is a LOT of camber.

 

probably, the harder you drive it the more you need.

 

well i need a camber bar for the rear to adjust it...so should i go ahead and go to about 2 degrees negative in the front??