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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 10:54 AM
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before or after the 16k springs are installed?
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 02:29 PM
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Im dropping the dream spring rate to 10k

Next year Ill be doing it. This year is pay all debts off year
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 07:43 PM
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+1 for 10k f/r...same setup I'm looking at as well.
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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 01:08 PM
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How low rear toe do you guys recommend for an ap1 running stock suspension, daily driver on street setup.

I had my Honda dealer do my last alignment in 2011, I hope to get a custom alignment in 2012 with an alignment shop that has a good reputation in my region and is more experienced with custom alignments for s2k's. My car handles okay, it tends to understeer a bit and turn-in is a bit heavy\slow, but not terribly, my front left camber bolt is apparently siezed and 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 settings:

My Honda dealer left me with 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 were: -.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
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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by JFUSION
How low rear toe do you guys recommend for an ap1 running stock suspension, daily driver on street setup.
I'd say in the 0.2degree area total rear toe.

My Honda dealer left me with 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 were: -.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
It would be good to get some more front camber, but not the end of the world for a daily-driven street car. Getting some rear toe taken out will help, and will improve rear tire life. 5.4mm is about 0.5 degrees total. 0.2 degrees is 2.2mm total toe.
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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ZDan
Originally Posted by JFUSION' timestamp='1326665320' post='21319449
How low rear toe do you guys recommend for an ap1 running stock suspension, daily driver on street setup.
I'd say in the 0.2degree area total rear toe.

My Honda dealer left me with 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 were: -.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
It would be good to get some more front camber, but not the end of the world for a daily-driven street car. Getting some rear toe taken out will help, and will improve rear tire life. 5.4mm is about 0.5 degrees total. 0.2 degrees is 2.2mm total toe.
Thanks very much for the quick reply, I was just about to delete my post so not to threadjack and I started a new thread in suspension and brakes, but you replied before I got back to delete this. Thanks very much for that information, I will definitely take out some toe then and see how that works on my next alignment. If they can get the camber adjusters working I'll add a bit more camber on the front. Thanks for converting mm to degrees on the toe, that was confusing me a bit. Much appreciated that really helps
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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 04:49 PM
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No worries...jack away...wait wut?
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