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Old 11-02-2016, 11:37 AM   #9
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Originally Posted by Amillionoh7 View Post
Just a little insight. I do alignments for my job at a dealership and -3 deg camber is WAY to much for a daily. For low traction you want to keep the tire as flat as possible 0 deg camber and 0 toe, but when the wheel travels up and down those settings change so we add some negative camber to help compensate when the suspension is compressed but also being a McPherson strut it has issues with keeping camber in a hard turn so some negative camber is there just to keep the camber from going positive on sharp turns. Long story short. The factory alignment specs will provide you the best setup even for winter. maybe a little more caster if you really want to. if you have any questions pm me
To add to that, camber is needed to keep the tire flat as suspension compresses and body roll comes into play. In the winter, you're probably not loading up the suspension anywhere near as much, which means the tire is pretty flat with 0 camber.

I'd probably go with -1 F and -0.5 R to keep it reasonable on dry pavement too.

I drive with ~-2.5 all around all year, and it's definitely not ideal for timid drivers with that much rear camber on slick surfaces.
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