The Definitive Alignment Guide for your E36

[freerider]

yoh! my head was reeling on Saturday morning! :mmm:

 

[gconry18]

yoh! my head was reeling on Saturday morning! :mmm:

You are awesome Don. You did so much and not once did you complain...

 

[moranor@axis]

what camber setting did you go for?

 

[gconry18]

Added 5mm of shims so I should be close to -2.5

 

[moranor@axis]

im thinking of going for 2.5 also now because its still alot more than the 0.4 i have now... i can always add more later if i feel i need it :rollsmile:

 

[gconry18]

im thinking of going for 2.5 also now because its still alot more than the 0.4 i have now... i can always add more later if i feel i need it :rollsmile:

Still need to do the back at -1.5. E36 stock is -0.3. Going to maybe go for alignment tomorrow and see what I ended up with. Will post my sheet.

 

[moranor@axis]

are you sure the rear camber is -0.3 because the e46 has -1.3 i think the e36 will run more negative than the e46 at the back...

 

[gconry18]

are you sure the rear camber is -0.3 because the e46 has -1.3 i think the e36 will run more negative than the e46 at the back...

I meant -0.3 is the front stock.
Not sure what the stock rear is. Just looked it up. Seems to be -1.8

 

[moranor@axis]

-0.3 thought the e36 ran more than that up front... at the back -1.8 is massive :rollsmile: i cant wait to fix my car and get the camber sorted...

 

[gconry18]

-0.3 thought the e36 ran more than that up front... at the back -1.8 is massive :rollsmile: i cant wait to fix my car and get the camber sorted...

You going to get camber plates?

 

[moranor@axis]

im going to make camber plates

 

[gconry18]

im going to make camber plates

Ambitious. Post a nice DIY.

 

[moranor@axis]

the design is simple... it does not make sense to import some for 3k... it wont be something most people can make ill get an engineering shop to make up more if people are interested...

 

[zabbo]

I just had a look at my alignment that was done last month, I already have -1degree of camber both front and back and 0.09degrees toe front right and left, total toe therefore 0.18

rear is -1degree camber and 0.10 toe left and right, total toe therfore 0.20

Doing my alignment today - should I have mine set to this too then?

 

[gconry18]

Doing my alignment today - should I have mine set to this too then?

you cant set front camber without shims.

Set rear to -1 -> -1.5 with 0.10 -> 0.20 toe in.

Depending on your driving style set front toe to 0.1 in or zero it completely. I highly recommend adding shims to the front to get -2.5 front camber. Still havent checked what I got to with my shims though.