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Old Jul 5, 2013 | 02:07 PM
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I just had my alignment done and noticed that my front camber and caster is "out of spec".

LF: -1.4 camber 6.9 caster -0.01 toe
RF: -1.5 camber 6.9 caster 0.00 toe
Total toe -0.01

LR: -1.5 camber, 0.14 toe
RR: -1.5 camber, 0.15 toe
Total toe 0.29

The fronts pretty much matches my "before" settings from 4 years ago when I first got the springs installed + alignment.

Tire wear in the front has some very minor camber wear and i just flipped the tires.

Not bad for 4 years of driving (approx 25K miles) and the tires were used when i bought them, but I guess my question is that the alignment shop told me that my he couldn't get the front camber any lower than -1.5/-1.4.

Is this normal for our cars with only 1" drop? Tein S-tech's with stock shocks.

Thanks.
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Old Jul 6, 2013 | 01:05 AM
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Your alignment is totally fine. I run that much front camber and more in back for my stock DD ap1, never felt the need to flip tires. No worries, proceed.
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Old Jul 8, 2013 | 07:58 AM
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great thanks. yeah, i drove w/ a -1.5 in the front for 4 years so it wasn't too bad. Was just wondering if it's possible to dial in down any further but i guess it's not possible stock. cheers.
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Old Jul 8, 2013 | 09:08 AM
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There is probably room left, but you would need to give up some caster to do so, assuming he did in fact max out the camber adjuster. I wouldn’t bother though since I agree that the total alignment is good as is.
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