Alignment specs.....

[aston_jag_tech]

So who had their cars geometry setup lately?????

Show me yours and Ill show you mine. ooooohehehehe...


Front...

Camber Left Front-(-.03) Right Front - (-.08)
Cross Caster - (-.50)
Toe - Both sides .02

Rear...

Rear camber not in spec.....-1.29 and -1.18
Toe...which I think is too positive for spec...(.08) per side....

Stock suspension. Stock Wheels.

[attack eagle]

my rear was set to exactly -2.5 camber and .14 and .18 toe each side... I'd rather have it at .25 myself.


Did they add the weights to the car aston? If not you might have been in spec. Mine was a -2.5 unweighted and about -3.5 weighted in the rear before commencing the alignment.

[aston_jag_tech]

my rear was set to exactly -2.5 camber and .14 and .18 toe each side... I'd rather have it at .25 myself.


Did they add the weights to the car aston? If not you might have been in spec. Mine was a -2.5 unweighted and about -3.5 weighted in the rear before commencing the alignment.

I did add some weight(10 interstate batteries) So I attempted to do what hunter tells me....I did see a little change I believe when I added weight, but not much....

[Boom n Zoom]

Front

Camber Left - 0.78
Camber Right - 0.46
Cross Camber - 0.31
Toe Left + 0.4
Toe Right + 0.4
Cross Toe + 0.0
Total Toe + 0.7


Rear

Camber Left - 2.04
Camber Right - 1.87
Cross Camber - 0.17
Toe Left + 1.5
Toe Right + 2.0
Total Toe + 3.5


This was with the Konis fitted at the front not the rear, new strut mounts, new lower control arms and new Standard Thrust bushes (that are now fooked and require replacement, M5 replacements ordered)

Has now got the rear Konis fitted and is in dire need of an alignment.

[aston_jag_tech]

Front

Camber Left - 0.78
Camber Right - 0.46
Cross Camber - 0.31
Toe Left + 0.4
Toe Right + 0.4
Cross Toe + 0.0
Total Toe + 0.7


Rear

Camber Left - 2.04
Camber Right - 1.87
Cross Camber - 0.17
Toe Left + 1.5
Toe Right + 2.0
Total Toe + 3.5


This was with the Konis fitted at the front not the rear, new strut mounts, new lower control arms and new Standard Thrust bushes (that are now fooked and require replacement, M5 replacements ordered)

Has now got the rear Konis fitted and is in dire need of an alignment.

Are your cambers for front and rear neg, Im assuming they are. Thats with lowering springs?....

[Boom n Zoom]

Are your cambers for front and rear neg, Im assuming they are. Thats with lowering springs?....

Yeah, sorry I forgot to mention it has Eibach lowering springs in it. The rear used to sit really badly negative but since fitting the koni's it still has some negative camber but not anywhere near as bad as before.

Tyre wear is remarkably even across the tyres on the rear, the front is scalloping the outside blocks at the moment (needs a bunch of neg camber thrown at it with plates) but the wear over the rest of the tyre is fine.

I still have terrible wandering from the front, but new thrust arms with M5 bushes and possibly a tierod end or two will cure it
(235/45/17s front and 255/40/17s rear. M5 specification tyre sizes with the offset rims)

Do you guys find that your car is very suseptable to tyre pressure? I have found that I need to run 270kPa (39-40 psi) front and 290kPa (40-41 psi) rear.

[Scott C]

Do you guys find that your car is very suseptable to tyre pressure? I have found that I need to run 270kPa (39-40 psi) front and 290kPa (40-41 psi) rear.

I run 40/40 since my first set of tires wore on the outside and my latest set are wearing on the inside. Trying to get the main part of the tire to wear!

[BimmerMeUp]

1992 Touring
SLS Delete
M-Tech Springs F/R
Bilstein HD's
Staggered Style 32's (235/45/17F 255/4017R )

Alignment done with a full and of gas and weights added.

Front
Camber Left 0.1
Camber Right -0.4
Caster Left 7.9
Caster Right 7.5
Cross Camber .5 (on limit of spec -0.5 to 0.5)
Toe Left + 0.14
Toe Right + 0.19
Total Toe + 0.33


Rear
Camber Left - -1.3 (out of spec -2.8 to -1.8)
Camber Right - 1.7 (slightly out of spec -2.8 to -1.8)
Cross Camber .4
Toe Left 0.10
Toe Right 0.14
Total Toe 0.24 (out of spec 0.30 to 0.53)
Thrust Angle -.02

I've done of bunch of work on the front (Lemforder Thrust arms and Control Arms with 750i bushes on the thrust arms, replace a bad tie rod end, replace idler arm bushing, replaced strut bushes.) The rear only has the parts needed for the SLS delete changed. I meant to replace the dogbones before I took it in, but I forgot to order them in time.

The techs were drooling over the rims, could have sold them at a healthy profit. They definitely look better in person than in photos. I haven't come up with a good one to post.

[aston_jag_tech]

1992 Touring
SLS Delete
M-Tech Springs F/R
Bilstein HD's
Staggered Style 32's (235/45/17F 255/4017R )

Alignment done with a full and of gas and weights added.

Front
Camber Left 0.1
Camber Right -0.4
Caster Left 7.9
Caster Right 7.5
Cross Camber .5 (on limit of spec -0.5 to 0.5)
Toe Left + 0.14
Toe Right + 0.19
Total Toe + 0.33


Rear
Camber Left - -1.3 (out of spec -2.8 to -1.8)
Camber Right - 1.7 (slightly out of spec -2.8 to -1.8)
Cross Camber .4
Toe Left 0.10
Toe Right 0.14
Total Toe 0.24 (out of spec 0.30 to 0.53)
Thrust Angle -.02

I've done of bunch of work on the front (Lemforder Thrust arms and Control Arms with 750i bushes on the thrust arms, replace a bad tie rod end, replace idler arm bushing, replaced strut bushes.) The rear only has the parts needed for the SLS delete changed. I meant to replace the dogbones before I took it in, but I forgot to order them in time.

The techs were drooling over the rims, could have sold them at a healthy profit. They definitely look better in person than in photos. I haven't come up with a good one to post.

Did they just print out your actual specs? Or did they adjust? Does your car pull slighlty right and steering off center to right???.....

Am I....Right right

[attack eagle]

Those specs on the M5 are as badd as mine were in terms of toe out. Bet it eats them rear tires up!