Coupe post-Eibach alignment specs?

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DJ_B_Easy
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Some of you may have seen a plethra of posts from me regarding a major vibration issue with my Coupe. Yesterday I bit the bullet and brought the Coupe to the stealership so they could check out the front end. Everything is perfectly normal. They think the problem is coming from my alignment due to the Eibach drop. Apparently I overlooked something in the Eibach literature and there should be specs on camber adjustment to account for the drop? I was VERY surprised, actually pleased that this was their diagnosis, I was expecting them to tell me I needed tie rods, bearings, and part "X", but they were very honest and didnt even charge me for the 6 hour diagnostic.

Unfortunately, I threw out the Eibach paper work. Does anyone have it or know what the camber setting for the rear should be? Front too for that matter? Experiences? Fails?

I love being a rookie at this...I want my truck back. :facepalm:

***EDIT*** I had the car aligned twice since I had the springs installed, to 0 all the way around. Im thinking I need a + setting for at least the rear?


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I've got my springs out in my trunk ready for me to install with all the paperwork still in the box and a copy of windhaven's how-to write up, so I've got the instruction. After looking at the Install Instructions sheet it appears that Eibach does not give a set value
After installation, it is important to inspect and adjust the following if necessary:
-Wheel alignment such as cambers, caster & toe
I can scan and post the instructions if you want, but I don't see any given values though.

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BamaCoupe wrote:I can scan and post the instructions if you want, but I don't see any given values though.
No if it doesnt say dont worry about it, thanks though.

In that case can anyone share what values they have their cambers set at? :gotme

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I had just lowered mine maybe two weeks ago or so. After that I took it to my place of work wich is a dealership to have the wheels aligned just as a precaution. The alignment was dead on all around. I don't see how installing Eibachs would creat a shake being you only change the camber wich would wear your tires on the edges not create a shake. :gotme

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darrdevil wrote:I had just lowered mine maybe two weeks ago or so. After that I took it to my place of work wich is a dealership to have the wheels aligned just as a precaution. The alignment was dead on all around. I don't see how installing Eibachs would creat a shake being you only change the camber wich would wear your tires on the edges not create a shake. :gotme
They are telling me the rear tires are only contacting the ground about 75%, visually I can see it SLIGHTLY, but definitely not as much as 75%. It looks as though it has a negative camber set (I think, top of the wheel is pushed toward the inside of the car, bottom is pushed out), even though it was aligned to zero. A friend of mine said that once lowered and you apply load to the suspension, camber will seem off even if alignment is set to 0?

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BamaCoupe wrote:I can scan and post the instructions if you want, but I don't see any given values though.
Hey Bama, would you actually mind scanning this in to me? I want to read the part about trimming the bushing.


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