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Originally Posted by H1C
Your Firestone alignment is nearly identical to the one I got at my local Firestone -- I have 0.1 deg more camber front and rear. I still get a little more wear on the outside edge of my RE-71s in our local asphalt lot, but it's not as bad as it was at -3 or -2.5 deg. I think to get even wear I'd have to run -4 in front, -3 rear, but I'm not willing to do that because I still daily drive my car, and my street tires are wearing out considerably faster on the inside edge as it is. I was hoping not to have to flip the RE-71s at my current settings, but it looks like I'll have to at some point.
I also have the Ground Control camber plates and like them a lot. They're quiet, add bump travel, hold settings well, and they come with O-ring sealed radial bearing spring perches that you can take apart and clean and re-grease as needed. I'm not concerned with the minimal caster they can add: in fact I minimized the caster on them because I've found that with more caster, the inside rear tire tends to unload more, as you add more steering input.
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Looking at your specs, that's exactly what I asked my shop to do. Despite that, this is what I got:
The handwritten numbers are the numbers with the driver in the car. So even side to side.
This is with a slotted coilover strut hole and camber plates. No camber bolts. I had some SPC bolts but they didn't want to install them as they said they would likely slip.
Not sure why they put so much camber in the rear (I had asked for 1 degree less in the rear) but they insisted this would be a well balanced setup, and that 3.5 degrees was too much for tires if daily driving (which I sort of do - 4 days a week or so in the summers only). So kind of mixed feelings. What do people think? I don't see many square setups camber wise for STX.
And on another note - what is a good starting point for hankook rs4 in 255/40? I was reading 38, but that seemed high (especially because I ran 32/30 on my 225/45/17 RE71Rs in CS/DS).