Alignment after a drop

[ILikeMy240sx]

Im getting a set of used Nismo S-Tune coilovers.

Now when I take the car to a shop to get it aligned... Should I let them align according to the factory settings?

Or should I give them the alignment guide that came with these shocks? Would they do it according to the Nismo setup?

Thank you.

[Dori Dori]

You can align it however you want! If Nismo provides recommended alignment settings, they are probably intended for the performance minded street car driver...is that you? If so, use those settings.

[ILikeMy240sx]

Im assuming when you say "performance minded street car driver" you mean if I set it at that it will probably eat away at my tires... ??

[eddiec]

yeah there will be some trade off for performance, so thats your call. although if you keep it conservative, and this may be what nismo is calling for, then your tire life should not be affected too much.

[TurboKA37]

what settings does nismo say to use?

[ILikeMy240sx]

I got the below from a thread that was here before...================================Camber: Front -0 degrees 51' (+- 45')Rear -1 degree 5' (+- 45')

Caster: Front 6 degrees 50' (+- 45')Rear - no adjustment

Kingpin angle: Front 13 degress 25'Rear - no adjustment

Toe-in (mm): Front 0.8 (+- 1)Rear 2.5 (+- 2.5)

One side toe-in angle (Front & Rear) - no adjustment

Side slip value (mm): Front (In 5 / Out 5)Rear (In 5 / Out 5)

The ticks after the degrees are minutes, just in case you didn't know. I have no idea what "one side toe-in" is. Maybe it's the rear forward link if you have adjustable units. I believe the kingpin angle refers to the tie rod END heights if you had adjustable units (i.e. SPL parts).

[chmercer]

that allignment is so whack. i would never run thoes settings on my car. 0 front camber? wtf. 2.5 deg toe in in the rear? wtf again. thoes settings are retarded

[Nismo_Freak]

that allignment is so whack. i would never run thoes settings on my car. 0 front camber? wtf. 2.5 deg toe in in the rear? wtf again. thoes settings are retarded

[eddiec]

my "i dont care about tire life" settings are -2 camber all 4 corners. toe .01 front (zero essentially) and +0.15 toe in the rear. the toe-in in the rear helps corner exit acceleration.

[ILikeMy240sx]

Ok so I take it I should just let the shop people do it mfgr specs...

Thank you guys for your help

[chmercer]

my blanket allignment is 2 camber in front, 1 rear, 0 toe all 4, no idea how to tune kingpin since i have solid tie rod ends, and caster as much as you can without hitting your fenders. thats just me.