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Old Nov 26, 2017 | 07:51 AM
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I am wondering if someone who knows about alignments and the latter could help me determine if I need to purchase toe arms as well as traction rods for the rear, I have no idea if using camber arms effected the rest of the suspension. I am purchasing nagisa front camber arms to get the aligment back in spec for the front.
The car has Megan racing rear camber arms, and is lowered on bc coilovers 16k front 14k rear.

Current specs on the car now
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There's that word again, "EXPRESS." I have a lifetime alignment at Firestone, and noticed that each subsequent alignment said, "EXPRESS." The original one said 4 wheel total....

Looks like all is well except front camber? Usually the rear camber seems to be out....
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There's that word again, "EXPRESS." I have a lifetime alignment at Firestone, and noticed that each subsequent alignment said, "EXPRESS." The original one said 4 wheel total....

Looks like all is well except front camber? Usually the rear camber seems to be out....
yah the cars lowered 3 inches in the front 3.5 in the rear I purchased Megan camber arms for the rear and I had a performance shop do the aligment to the car because they are used to adjustable arms etc...and I should be purchasing nagisa camber arms for the front this winter while the car is in hibernation lol

I do not know if the aligment specs are in the normal range I want to see if someone can tell me if a certain arm or area is over extended or things of that nature.
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How long since last alignment miles wise and what do your tires look like? The numbers seem pretty fair for lowered 3". Are the inside edges OK? What tire wheel combo?

It should go through the corners ok and if on flat highway it drives straight, perhaps leave it alone?
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How long since last alignment miles wise and what do your tires look like? The numbers seem pretty fair for lowered 3". Are the inside edges OK? What tire wheel combo?

It should go through the corners ok and if on flat highway it drives straight, perhaps leave it alone?
Thats right now car is in storage tires have 12,000-14,000 and are toast.
This and the below photo show how the front tires were

also the wheel set up is 20x8.5 tsw Mallory rims rotated tires every 2500 the tires were uneven also I am gettig nagisa front camber arms for the front to combat the dramatic inner tire were , but I am curious about the rear I will be able to tell more next season after the front camber issue is resolved.
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Again, how many miles was it driven with it toed out? Original as found values? Toe out and negative camber eats tires.
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Again, how many miles was it driven with it toed out? Original as found values? Toe out and negative camber eats tires.
12,000-14,000 miles and I have not had an aligment since then that was 6-8 months ago I have not gotten another aligment because it was such a short time ago and they are $150 a piece.

I know about the camber thing but my question is in the rear has using an aftermarket camber arms to adjust the camber ao it won't eat the tires thrown off any of the other arms due to there non adjustability.
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