got my Eibach springs installed

[hiroprotagonist2005]

car looks a million times sexier with these springs, it also handles like a dream. I thought it handled great stock, but this is incredible.

ill put up picks this weekend after i get her washed but i wanted to find out if someone know about alignment specs. The place i went to messed with the camber, he said i'll really have fun with it the way he tweaked it, and gave me a spec sheet of what he did.

anyone know what this means in laymans terms?:

Left------------------------Right -0.6 Camber -1.0

5.0 Caster 4.8

0.08 Toe 0.05

[toxik]

congrats, time to update the sig :P

[hiroprotagonist2005]

my bad, ill update it when i take pics, anyone know the answer to my question?

[Kango]

Your camber angle is negative. Lets say you look at your wheels from the back of your car... the bottom part of the wheels are gonna be further away than top. Caster i believe is for your front wheel... how it pivots when you turn those wheels maximize the tire contact to ground when youre turning.. Toe is another angle for your front wheels. Lets say you're looking at your front wheels from above the hood(Somehow through the car hehe =)... you have positive toe... or your front wheels are not parelle... but pointed slights towards the middle.

Hope this helps.
Modified by Kango at 10:17 PM 1/9/2009

[hiroprotagonist2005]

it does thanks

actually reminds me of Gran Turismo

[BamaCoupe]

Your camber angle is negative. Lets say you look at your wheels from the back of your car... the bottom part of the wheels are gonna be further away than top. Caster i believe is for your front wheel... how it pivots when you turn those wheels maximize the tire contact to ground when youre turning.. Toe is another angle for your front wheels. Lets say you're looking at your front wheels from above the hood(Somehow through the car hehe =)... you have positive toe... or your front wheels are not parelle... but pointed slights towards the middle.Hope this helps. Modified by Kango at 10:17 PM 1/9/2009

(This is a question) but sounds like them screwing with your camber angle would kill the life spanned of your tires right or wrong? If correct, I would not want them adjusting that to my car if it's a daily driven car. I think I'm about to get it with this question, but I thought it's a good question.

[Beak]

let the spings settle for a week or so.. then get an alighnment. when you drop it the alighnment so all out wack.

[ItsEcko06]

yes messing with the tire angle can screw up your tires, uneven wear. it can give you improved handling and what not but your tires will suffer.

yes dropping it can throw the alignment off so just to be on the safe side you would want to get the wheels aligned.

[spockrock]

well it depends on how much, our cars from the factory come with negative camber.

[hiroprotagonist2005]

they did an alignment after the install so will that cover it?

i figure, as far as adjusting the camber and everything, that if i notice alot of wear or uneven wear ill take it to the dealership and get it reset.

[alphapig]

let the spings settle for a week or so.. then get an alighnment. when you drop it the alighnment so all out wack.

This is confusing to me.

Only the springs were replaced. That messes up the camber, true. And, as far as I know, there has yet to be a camber kit for this car. Therefore, the camber cannot be fixed.

Why would the toe and caster be effected by new springs?

I require enlightning.