Alignment Specs - Eibach Sportline Springs
 

Ok so I have zero experience when it comes to alignment and I would like to get some input on what I need to do and or tell the technician when I go in to get my alignment. My set up right now includes sportline springs from eibach and 18x9.5 ambit RE08.2 rims with 245/40/18 BFgoodrich tires. The rear tires/rims currently look perfectly flush but the fronts poke out about 3-6mm. I have driven the car around for 4 days now and I have rubbed once in the front during some hard cornering, and two times in the rear over fairly rough weight transfers... What alignment specs will 1) allow my front wheels to look flush, or more flush than they are now 2) maximize performance for my car.

And yes I am planning on purchasing some white-line camber bolts to allow for added adjustability in the front.

Thanks in advance, sorry for being a noob...

Camber isnt adjustable. You need camber bolts up front if you want to adjust camber. Generally you want more camber up front. About .5 more than the rear. Adding camber up front will get rid of your poke.
Only Toe is adjustable stock. Zero or near zero toe up front for good tire wear and response. And Slight toe in, in the rear for stability.

Already stated i am purchasing them in the original post but thanks for the camber specs.

Why do you say "up front" so many times. I think he got it!

lol whopsie. I would have used in the front or for the front, but i'm tryna be one of them cool kids. *sunglasses fall from the sky*

Gotta be upfront about it.

Lol..

I would say -1.5 degrees in the front, with zero or slightly negative toe. -1.5 degrees in the rear. Best to bite the bullet now and get some adjustable rear lower control arms to fix the rear camber, especially if you plan on getting coils later on.

I'm staggered that they even fit considering the wheels width/offset/tyre size, I bet the inner wheel clearance would be virtually nil.

I have seen alot of people on this forum with way more aggressive setups that mine with lowering springs... I have seen people squeeze 255/35/18 up front and 265/35/18 in the rear, although im not sure if they were on 18x9.5. Despite lack of clearance the increased spring rate of the eibach's make up for it. I have had virtually no rubbing (yes it will rub if you go over a big pot hole or fly over a speed bump but who drives like that anyways).... I have rubbed twice but that was because the roads here is Austin are complete shit and I was doing some aggressive cornering on said shitty roads, plus i was wanting to see how hard i had to push the car before rubbing occurred. Overall I love the ride so far. ZERO RAGRETS. haha

And thanks for the spec suggestions you guys!

Ambit Re02s with 17x9 255/40s, lowered on Tein Street Basis coils, 25 1/4 inches from ground to start of fender in the center (about a finger gap on all 4 corners).

Stock LCAs and camber bolts.
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@zkahle - I'm happy for you bud & I don't doubt the springs effectiveness at controlling bounce for the most part but what I'm talking about is front inner wheel clearance to your stock strut with that setup & then you wanna add neg camber to it also ! Could you do us a favour & take a peep & see what clearance there is for you ?

ps: your wheels/car look awesome

Thanks, I misunderstood you the first time. And I will probably have a chance to put it up on my pops lift when I go home for thanksgiving next week. Hopefully this will shine some light on to how much space or lack of it that i have. Before purchasing the tires/springs I found a guy on insta that had the rims in addition to some aftermarket coils. He told me he was running -2.5 all the way around and has never experienced any rubbing. So I hope he is correct, otherwise I am gona have to live with the rubbing/alignment or possibly purchase some larger top hats.

I still havent put the car on the lift as i am not home but i was thinking if the issue is that my rims/wheels are to close to the strut assembly would 2-3mm spacers help the issue assuming i run slightly more negative camber?
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