I'll be the first to admit I don't know much about alignment settings other than the basics about camber. I was wondering if someone could give me their opinion on my current alignment setting. I'm going to a new alignment shop this spring that does custom settings and has lots of experience with S2k's. It seems like my Honda dealer only checks to see if the settings are within recommended specs and doesn't really optimize things.

If read some people recommend lowering rear toe. How low of a rear toe do you guys recommend for an ap1 running stock suspension, daily driver on street setup, oem wheels staggared setup.

My car handles okay, I think it tends to understeer a bit but that doesn't really bother me, I guess it is safer than oversteer. Turn-in is a bit heavy\slow, but not terribly so. The dealer told me that my front left camber bolt is siezed, my new alignment shop thinks they can get it loosened, my Honda dealer didn't put much effort into trying to get it loose.

Here are my current settings:

Rear settings of : 3.0 mm left, and 2.4mm right, total toe 5.4mm.
-1.47 deg camber left , and -1.63 deg camber right
Thrust angle 0.02 deg

Front settings are : -.24 deg camber left, and -.41 deg camber right
6.09 deg caster left, and 5.54 deg caster right
0.0 mm toe left, and 0.0mm toe right , total toe 0.0 steer ahead 0.0

Any recommendations for my next alignment , thanks for any replies

 

A little more camber would be good, mainly I'd want to knock the rear toe down.

-1 front, -2 rear camber
zero front toe, 0.2degrees total rear toe (2.2mm total).

 

Rear toe is more than most would recommend. I wouldn't go more than 1/4". I run 1/16th rear toe in


if you are the DIYing type you can do a pretty decent alignment in your garage after spending less than $100 on parts (digital level + toe plates)

 

Thanks for the replies guys - Zdan and S2000eiller - that is very helpful, I'll take those recommendations with me on my next alignment.

I seen the post of the home made alignment tool, but I think adjusting alignments is beyond my skills. It does look like a great tool to have for guys that know how to use them.

 

Its not hard just takes patience.

Camber can be measured to +-0.1 accuracy with a 35$ digital level and a 10$ piece of squared aluminum tube just lay the level in front of your tire and zero it then hold it up against the wheel to take a reading. See here https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/917...-camber-gauge/

Toe plates don't let you measure individual toe just total toe so over a long period of time you can get outta wack. Toe plates you just rest one on each wheel and measure the distance in front vs rear with identical tape measures. Smaller front distance = toe in. Toe plates can be bought for like $60 on amazon.com