Or for ~ $35 you can get the toe checked & adjusted on a Hunter alignment machine, but maybe that takes all the fun out of it.
Front Wheels Toe Out?
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Toe DESTROYS tires.
My race car was running 2 degrees negative camber, and for many many street miles, you cannot see any appreciable wear on the inside versus the outside of the tires (front tires, RWD car)
with the toe set to zero (all new front end parts too, upgraded bushings). The tires are now about halfway worn down (dunlop sp sport 8000, 195/55zr14) and are worn evenly across the trad surface.
After lowering my wife's car, and NOT checking the toe/alignment (lol) it started to wear the inside of the front tires (toe out).
Now it's back to slight toe in (rear drive) and 1.2 or 1.5 degrees negative camber (I forget which) with NO appreciable tire wear.
Toe is EVERYTHING for tire wear (and shocks/out-of-balance tires, bent wheels etc) camber and caster make for pulls more than tire wear.
Now don't get me wrong, if you've got something bent or out of spec in a large vehicle with alot of weight, it's going to be more wear on the tires anyway, and then your camber will start to show more wear.
But as a broad generalization, toe is the tire destroyer, as it makes the tires scrub.
My race car was running 2 degrees negative camber, and for many many street miles, you cannot see any appreciable wear on the inside versus the outside of the tires (front tires, RWD car)
with the toe set to zero (all new front end parts too, upgraded bushings). The tires are now about halfway worn down (dunlop sp sport 8000, 195/55zr14) and are worn evenly across the trad surface.
After lowering my wife's car, and NOT checking the toe/alignment (lol) it started to wear the inside of the front tires (toe out).
Now it's back to slight toe in (rear drive) and 1.2 or 1.5 degrees negative camber (I forget which) with NO appreciable tire wear.
Toe is EVERYTHING for tire wear (and shocks/out-of-balance tires, bent wheels etc) camber and caster make for pulls more than tire wear.
Now don't get me wrong, if you've got something bent or out of spec in a large vehicle with alot of weight, it's going to be more wear on the tires anyway, and then your camber will start to show more wear.
But as a broad generalization, toe is the tire destroyer, as it makes the tires scrub.
i had -1.8 camber, almost 1/8" toe out and i corded the insides of the street tires (goodyear GSD3)....after just 10,000 miles. but for autox that's what it likes. i'm trying 1/16 +toe now but guys are running 3/16
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ProjUltraZ] i had -1.8 camber, almost 1/8" toe out and i corded the insides of the street tires (goodyear GSD3)....after just 10,000 miles. but for autox that's what it likes. i'm trying 1/16 +toe now but guys are running 3/16
Fantastic turn-in eh?
ProjUltraZ] i had -1.8 camber, almost 1/8" toe out and i corded the insides of the street tires (goodyear GSD3)....after just 10,000 miles. but for autox that's what it likes. i'm trying 1/16 +toe now but guys are running 3/16
Fantastic turn-in eh?
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