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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by vodalus,Feb 2 2006, 08:51 AM
Many people, including me, also prefer a much higher caster, 6+
Were you able to achieve 6+ caster on the DRIVER side with more than -1 degree of camber? I just did an alignment on our car with a whiteline front sway bar and noticed that the more negative camber added up front the less adjustment we could do in caster.

With -.9 camber up front we could get about 5.9 caster but when we bumped it up the -1.3 we're running up front caster on the drivers side would only go to 5.5 max. Passenger side could go to whatever it wanted though. We just set caster at 5.5 even on both sides since that was the max of 1 side. I know for sure the car has never been wrecked etc so everything is straight.
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 10:58 PM
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[QUOTE=teamking,Feb 3 2006, 08:57 AM] I've seen toe listed in both degrees and inches.
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 11:01 PM
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Originally Posted by CosmosMpower,Feb 15 2006, 12:56 AM
Were you able to achieve 6+ caster on the DRIVER side with more than -1 degree of camber? I just did an alignment on our car with a whiteline front sway bar and noticed that the more negative camber added up front the less adjustment we could do in caster.

With -.9 camber up front we could get about 5.9 caster but when we bumped it up the -1.3 we're running up front caster on the drivers side would only go to 5.5 max. Passenger side could go to whatever it wanted though. We just set caster at 5.5 even on both sides since that was the max of 1 side. I know for sure the car has never been wrecked etc so everything is straight.
6* caster, -1.5* camber up front. The tech didn't appear to or mention any problems getting this.
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by aronparsons,Feb 15 2006, 12:01 AM
6* caster, -1.5* camber up front. The tech didn't appear to or mention any problems getting this.
Both sides? If you could check your printout and comfirm that would be great. We tried everything and the drivers side just wouldn't go past 5.5 as we increased camber.
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 11:21 PM
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Originally Posted by CosmosMpower,Feb 15 2006, 01:15 AM
Both sides? If you could check your printout and comfirm that would be great. We tried everything and the drivers side just wouldn't go past 5.5 as we increased camber.
6.0 left, 6.0 right. -1.5 camber on both sides. -2.0 camber in the rear. This was with me in the car as well.
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by aronparsons,Feb 15 2006, 12:21 AM
6.0 left, 6.0 right. -1.5 camber on both sides. -2.0 camber in the rear. This was with me in the car as well.
Hrm that's weird, what year is your car and is it stock? We did mine with no one in the car, not sure if that makes a difference. My specs are fairly close, -1.3, 5.5 on drivers side 5.7 on passengers side.
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Old Feb 14, 2006 | 11:40 PM
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2003. Stock except a Saner FSB.
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Old Feb 15, 2006 | 06:08 AM
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I had no problem getting -1.5 front and 6.0 caster. 2005 stock.
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 07:49 AM
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Originally Posted by vodalus,Feb 2 2006, 09:50 AM
I agree with adding slight toe-in for the rear. This will address the rear bump steer issue. The other solution is to get the BSK (Bump Steer Kit), which will allow you to run nearly zero toe-in without problems.
Who makes the bump steer kit and where can you get it???
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Old Feb 23, 2006 | 08:58 AM
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http://www.gofastlab.com/s2ki/product.php?...3&cat=33&page=1

Drop by my place and you can see it up close (car's currently up on jacks).
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