I'm having a shop install some eibach sportlines and slp bilsteins in my car and was wondering how to have the front end aligned.I don't need a race only alignment but just something to compliment the new suspension.The car is a daily driver that will see some occasional auto xing.Will a more aggressive alignment wear my front tires faster under normal driving conditions?

Anyone have a suggestion to tell the shop?

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Black 95 Z28 con.M6,American thunder cat-back,k&n filter,home aid CAI,Jet skip shift,Jet airfoil,160 thermo,95 T/A rims,eibach sportlines.
Best time 14.00 @ 100 mph


Black 1981 Z28,t-tops, 10:1 355 c.i.d,comp cams 292H,ported 2.02 heads, blueprinted proform HEI, accel 300+ race wires, holley strip dom+750 cfm dblpumper,full 3in. exhaust,4.10 rear,3000 stall,BFG drag radials.

Best time:
13.101 @ 102.56
1.801 60 ft (major fuel delivery problem)

 

Describe your normal driving. If you frequently corner harder than most, a little negative camber won't hurt tire life (and could conceivably help it if you're a real freak for lateral g's). Otherwise, stay conservative with the camber, perhaps in the range between -1/4* and -1/2*.

1/32" to 1/16" toe-in seems to work well.

Norm

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'79 Malibu, way not stock (355, 5 speed, . . .)
'95 Mazda 626 V6 5 speed, not entirely stock either
'01 20th AE Maxima, 5 speed, stock (so far)

[This message has been edited by Norm Peterson (edited August 19, 2002).]

 

Thanks Norm

Normal driving for me is a little faster cornering than most but nothing outragious.I just want to further improve the handling through a "performance" alignment that will benfit me when I'm autocrossing and on twistie roads.

 

I've got -1.5 camber, maxed out caster, and zero toe. I was later told that I should have went with toe OUT, 1/16" or so, due to push which I do have.

I also wish I went with more negative camber, but maybe the toe would have made a large enough difference.