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Originally Posted by 14stu
Toe out in the front helps with turn-in while zero toe or toe out in the rear makes the back rotate more freely. I wouldn't recommend any rear toe out (or definitely any more than like 1/16th).
It all depends on what you are trying to fix and what handling characteristics you're chasing. I like a slight toe out in the front and neutral toe in the rear, car turn in well and rotates more than enough for autox without becoming too much of a handful at the track (I've also got just over -3* front and -2* rear camber, just for reference).
I run RE71r for autox and RS4's for the track. The RE71r is faster than the RS4 at autox by a noticeable amount and is faster at the track for the first 3 or so laps. After 3 laps the RE71r is greasy and the RS4 is still banging out supper consistent laps. The RS4 lasts 2-3x as long at the track (my last set made it to 20 trackdays) than the RE71r, which can be ruined in a single day if you overheat them and just keep beating on them (I wore a sticker set down to the wear bars in one day).
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What kind of toe values are you looking at for the front? Is it dramatic enough that it would be a problem for tire wear on a street driven car? I don't mind buying a new set of tires each season and keep the car in the garage as long as salt is out.
I think I'd mostly just like to neutralize the handling so it doesn't feel quite as much like the front gives up so much quicker than the rears. I don't want the back end to start flying all over the place and get myself into trouble, but I think I'd like the car to just rotate a little easier and be able to get the back out without having to force it quite so hard.