well i wasn't planning on doing this till i tear apart my suspension at the end of april...but i needed this done by sunday so i had to scramble...so here it goes with my sloppy allignment (in a rush) and sloppy write up (lazy):
first...mount whatever rims you're using..so off come the skinny daily drivers on on go my track stuff (this won't effect the allignment...but i say it's better safe than sorry) in my case, my old azenis are now much happier on the 15x7's +35 offset
you want to do this on a level surface...but being it isn't a perfect world, i tried to get it as level as i could..also the tires should be resting on a frictionless surface...grease some alluminum plates or anything to assure the tires aren't sticking to the surface...magazines work fine too...i'll explain why if someone wants to know
also, i put the car on higher ground so i could crawl underneath it to adjust toe
you guys don't need to go this extreme but i put weights in to simulate me sitting in the car..i also got lucky since i already had 1/4 tank of gas as well yay
before adjusting toe, you'll need to adjust ride height and camber...since i'm only doing this for one day at the track before tearing it down again i didn't bother to adjust ride height. I installed a camber kit earlier but took it off because it claimed to allow -1.25 degrees adjustability..but after looking at it it can only give positive adjustments...bastards wasting my time
to check camber, use a bubble gauge and place it vertically with your rim...measure top of rim to gauge and then bottom of rim to gauge...with a little subtraction and the help of soh cah toa you can get your camber reading
*do not measure from tire as it is inaccurate*
now for toe, you're gonna make a string go along parallel with the center of your car
how do you make it parallel? measure from the CENTER of the rear and front rims...keep in mind the track of the front and rear of the car is usually different. In my case the front had a wider track by .5 inches...so make adjustments accordingly.
to measure toe, measure from the back of the rim to string..then the front of the rim to string...subtract the numbers and you'll get toe...then adjust it accordingly
now i don't have to let some little punk racer who says i should run 17's cus 15's are too small touching my car...when loosening the lock nuts on my tie rod and lower control arm they were frozen..go figure....bastard
i ended up running 1/8 toe out front and 1/16 toe out rear...getting the toe to zero should be alot easier
first...mount whatever rims you're using..so off come the skinny daily drivers on on go my track stuff (this won't effect the allignment...but i say it's better safe than sorry) in my case, my old azenis are now much happier on the 15x7's +35 offset
you want to do this on a level surface...but being it isn't a perfect world, i tried to get it as level as i could..also the tires should be resting on a frictionless surface...grease some alluminum plates or anything to assure the tires aren't sticking to the surface...magazines work fine too...i'll explain why if someone wants to know
also, i put the car on higher ground so i could crawl underneath it to adjust toe
you guys don't need to go this extreme but i put weights in to simulate me sitting in the car..i also got lucky since i already had 1/4 tank of gas as well yay
before adjusting toe, you'll need to adjust ride height and camber...since i'm only doing this for one day at the track before tearing it down again i didn't bother to adjust ride height. I installed a camber kit earlier but took it off because it claimed to allow -1.25 degrees adjustability..but after looking at it it can only give positive adjustments...bastards wasting my time
to check camber, use a bubble gauge and place it vertically with your rim...measure top of rim to gauge and then bottom of rim to gauge...with a little subtraction and the help of soh cah toa you can get your camber reading
*do not measure from tire as it is inaccurate*
now for toe, you're gonna make a string go along parallel with the center of your car
how do you make it parallel? measure from the CENTER of the rear and front rims...keep in mind the track of the front and rear of the car is usually different. In my case the front had a wider track by .5 inches...so make adjustments accordingly.
to measure toe, measure from the back of the rim to string..then the front of the rim to string...subtract the numbers and you'll get toe...then adjust it accordingly
now i don't have to let some little punk racer who says i should run 17's cus 15's are too small touching my car...when loosening the lock nuts on my tie rod and lower control arm they were frozen..go figure....bastard
i ended up running 1/8 toe out front and 1/16 toe out rear...getting the toe to zero should be alot easier
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