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lowered my car another inch..... (cont)

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Old 10-03-13, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by JamesG
Turns out camber was in spec, toe was -2........
that'll do it
i have -3 degrees and i thought oh i will be fine but my toe was out of spec and i ate brand new tires like nothing i had to end up getting battle version toe and trac links cause how low i am i couldnt get my toe in spec but i drive daily with -3 and i have a couple thousand on my tires and they still have plenty of depth
Old 10-03-13, 06:03 PM
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Do you have the printout or does the place you had the alignment done have it on file? That is ridiculous and I would be having them pay for the tires if it wasn't in spec when it was sent out.
Old 10-04-13, 01:32 PM
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I would be making the alignment shop pay for that one. There is no way that the toe and camber were in spec. I would asking them to see the last time they had the machine calibrated.
Old 10-04-13, 02:58 PM
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I got the megan adjustable toe bars for the rear.... rears all in spec now.... fronts out 1 degree of camber, will RCAs fix that (not that its that much...)


thanks
Old 10-04-13, 06:25 PM
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RCA's will lower your car and create more camber for the front. They won't save it. What they basically do is clear your LBJ bolt so that you can use LS400 calipers and help take the stress off of the LBJ so that they won't be under so much load and wear out as fast. If you want to get your camber to 0 then look into SPC UCA's or FIGS UCA's if he's finally sending them to consumers.
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I was running -8 camber and my tires last longer than that.
Old 10-12-13, 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by JamesG
I got the megan adjustable toe bars for the rear.... rears all in spec now.... fronts out 1 degree of camber, will RCAs fix that (not that its that much...)thanks
Hey buddy... Nice job on the adjustable toe arms! I installed FIGS brand... and it fixed my (CRAZY goofy "negative Toe" in the rear. My tires actually got more worn than yours in about the same time before I installed them.

ANYWAY- I have RCA's on the front AND rear...and to answer your question- YES , at least in the REAR they will. You can add anywhere from .75 to 2.25 degrees of (POSTIVE) camber (I believe- something like that).

My car seems to making a 'creaking' and also SQUEAKING noise though, now that I've installed the new adjustable toe arms. Have you noticed anything like that since you installed the Megan toe bars?
Old 10-12-13, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by AirRideFan
Hey buddy... Nice job on the adjustable toe arms! I installed FIGS brand... and it fixed my (CRAZY goofy "negative Toe" in the rear. My tires actually got more worn than yours in about the same time before I installed them.

ANYWAY- I have RCA's on the front AND rear...and to answer your question- YES , at least in the REAR they will. You can add anywhere from .75 to 2.25 degrees of (POSTIVE) camber (I believe- something like that).

My car seems to making a 'creaking' and also SQUEAKING noise though, now that I've installed the new adjustable toe arms. Have you noticed anything like that since you installed the Megan toe bars?
Well yes, but I also installed the 6pc rear link kit and I assumed it was coming from those....how bad is your squeak? Mine you have to turn the radio off to hear... but its no where near as loud than the squeak I get when my daizen sway bar bushings get dry.....
Old 10-13-13, 12:37 AM
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i have the same tires. just got my 2nd set today.

first set lasted me about 25K. These SuperSports are sticky!
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The noise is probably coming from the adjustable toe rods...no way does the 6 links will create noise.
Old 10-15-13, 07:13 AM
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Originally Posted by PHML
The noise is probably coming from the adjustable toe rods...no way does the 6 links will create noise.
Could be....but I actually had the shop install them while they were doing the alignment and he was doing some grinding so metal wasnt touching metal and other things.... he said if he didnt do that they would squeak.....
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