Camber and toe after coilovers installed

[ChrisD]

We installed some KW V3 coilovers on my GT86 last week, but that had the unwanted effect of giving the rear a noticeable amount of negative camber...

So I bought some SWAVE adjustable lower control arms to solve that problem (http://www.fensport.co.uk/Parts/Mode...ategory_2/4585)

Got them installed:



We have not really got them set right yet because I'm going to take it to my local shop to get a full alignment done, but before I can do that I need to know how much camber I actually want it to have... Would most people advise to just aim to get it back to the stock camber of -1 degree (I'm only talking about the rears here) ? That's what I was planning to do but just wanted to get other people's opinions or see what other people have done after they lowered their cars. This car is for street use and occasional track days and drift events if that makes any difference.

Second issue - now that we've had a rough guess at what to set the camber adjustment arms to and got the car back on the ground, it appears that there is quite a lot of toe out. So I'm assuming I now need to buy some adjustable toe arms as well? Something like this: http://www.fensport.co.uk/Parts/Mode...ategory_2/4583

If we install those and then I take it to get a full alignment done, again what should I be asking them to get it set to? I found this toe information for the rears on the stock car:
Toe (Total): 2.0 +/- 3.0 mm

So does that mean I just ask them to get it back to 2mm toe in (I'm assuming it is toe in and not toe out, because it is positive not negative) ?

[vroom4]

You can get the toe back in spec with OEM toe adjustment.


Alignment, probably -1 rear 1.5 front is a good street alignment. Not very aggressive.


Id probably push it a little and got -1.5 rear and -2.2 front. For reference, our race alignment is -2.1 rear -3.4 front.

[ChrisD]

Oh ok thanks - I didn't think there was any adjustment with the stock setup (for the rear at least). How exactly do you go about adjusting the toe on the rears?

[bfsnail]

Originally Posted by ChrisD

Oh ok thanks - I didn't think there was any adjustment with the stock setup (for the rear at least). How exactly do you go about adjusting the toe on the rears?

Eccentric bolt on the toe arm

[ChrisD]

Originally Posted by bfsnail

Eccentric bolt on the toe arm

Got it thanks. Adjusted it to roughly where it needs to be and will let my local shop do the rest when it goes in for a full alignment next week

[ChrisD]

Originally Posted by vroom4

Alignment, probably -1 rear 1.5 front is a good street alignment. Not very aggressive.

Id probably push it a little and got -1.5 rear and -2.2 front. For reference, our race alignment is -2.1 rear -3.4 front.

Are you talking about toe still or are you talking about camber? From the numbers you gave I'd assume you mean camber, but I'm not sure as all you said was "alignment". Also was that first 1.5 meant to be -1.5?

[vroom4]

Yea, camber, al negatives.