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Originally Posted by LionZoo
An alignment will not be able to counter the changes to suspension geometry from an increase in track.
I'd rather they fully sort out the geometry and use the offset that is best for that. It's easier for people that don't care about performance to change the car to make it look the way they want, than for me to change the geometry to make the car drive better. (Though I might just be selfish; I don't care about how the car looks.)
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Originally Posted by PAImportTuner
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Yes, I know it can't fully account for the changes due to putting spacers on the wheels....which is why I am really disappointed that the vehicle is being tested with the wheel/tire package looking the way it does. It means there's not going to be any easy fix to make the thing look good stance wise without slightly compromising the handling.
One thing that might work is simply putting a slightly wider wheel/tire package on it. If the vehicle is running any negative camber at all, dynamics would not be appreciably affected so long as the portion of the tire that bears the most weight (the inside) begins at the same point. The outside portion of the tire, which would stick out more, really only comes into play when cornering hard, which is fine by me. Since the vehicle is apparently not running a staggered set-up, tire rotation can easily fix any tire wear issues that may arise.
The issue then becomes increased tendency to follow grooves in the road. My '95 Cobra did this and it was annoying and given a particularly bad rut on the highway due to truck traffic, dangerous.