alignment settings?

[sclass]

Quick question,

With my lower sport springs do I need custom alignment settings, or should the technician use the pre-loaded factory settings? I'm clueless when it comes to this...:fencelook:

Thanks :thumbs:

 

[calypso]

Well I know with my e36 when i lowered it 20mm the dealer said they could not align it anymore. Their machine can only align to stock values.

 

[ekseniks]

My E36 is lowered... 40mm... so this is relevant to my interests...

 

[moranor@axis]

i would try get the back as close as you can to the stock settings and maybe decrease the front toe a little to counteract the extra camber you should have on the front...

a good setup for performance is:

Front
Camber: -2.5 deg (per side)
Toe: 0 (or 0.10 to 0.20 deg total toe in for mostly highway driving)

Rear
Camber: -1.5 to -2 deg (per side)

Toe: 0.20 total toe in (IIRC this is 1/8" total toe in)

but i doubt you will get near -2.5 deg on the front just by lowering it...

 

[gconry18]

What he said :thumbs:... Did you not read the definitive alignment guide for E36 I posted?

 

[sclass]

What he said :thumbs:... Did you not read the definitive alignment guide for E36 I posted?

I did but with so much info and very little basic knowledge I thought it better to ask further. Actually I thought about this when I went to have my car re-alignment early this week, after I told them the car's 35mm lower they didn't no what settings to use...needless to say money wasted, and the car vibrates from 140 +...

Moranor@ So I just walk in there and give the technician these values?

 

[moranor@axis]

thats what i would do... just tell them to see how close they can get it to those specs...