Camber and toe recommendations!

[Nick88]

Right, im looking at buying a set of AST sportline 2 coilovers with the top mounts!

After i have had these fitted i would like the suspension geometry setup properly to work in a fast road setup!

I read somewhere that using the pinch bolts for camber adjustment at the front isnt the best way to do it? Am i wrong?

Also where should i have the suspension setup? A whiteline arb is in the pipeline at some point!

Thanks

Nick

 

[rich-6]

I'd set the topmounts to max castor i cant set mine but thats how itd be set as for camber i roll with -1.5deg camber, and a miniscule of toe in, ice tried toe out and i didnt like it.

I seem to get good even wear across my tyres too.

 

[John Gordon]

It's all personal preference really. everyone drives different.

what's the car used for? if its road your going to need a compromise setup, if its track only play around with the settings.

You don't want huge camber on the road imho.

 

[Nick88]

The car will be used on the road only but is only used for fun due to having another car for everyday!

I was thinking along the lines of 1.5 deg front camber 1.0 rear camber!

Would rather have a tuner set it up properly! Any recommendations?

 

[bozothenutter]

1.5 sounds good, I think 1 on the rear is standard.....

full castor on the topmounts is a good choice as it will add camber on the outside wheel in a turn.

 

[Chip-mk1]

I'd go for 1.5 degrees camber, as much caster as you can find (mod the bottom arms like I have or at least fit cup ones) and with regards to toe its very personally, sometimes I prefer a little toe in and sometimes a little toe out, but never much of either so a good starting point is often parellel.

 

[Struggler]

-1.5 seems to be the norm for fast road set ups, i had it on mine and really liked it!

i believe the sports come with -1.5 camber as standard so you dont really need to play around with the rear unless you want even more!

 

[skydiver]

i believe the sports come with -1.5 camber as standard so you dont really need to play around with the rear unless you want even more!

Τhat's right!-1.50 rear camber as standard!

 

[John Gordon]

I would say 2.0 degrees is max on a road car. Your not going to use any more than that on the highway.

front btw

 

[Struggler]

friend of mine had -1.75 on his, and no abs.

straight line braking suffered massively carppy road surfaces! (he was driving like a kn0b though!)

im personally going for -1.5 on the front of mine when i get round to having it done!!