Do you get a rear end alignment every time you replace rears??
04-14-2006, 12:19 AM
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Do you get a rear end alignment every time you replace rears??
New owner needing to replace the rears very soon. No track use. Car drives
straight, no issues. L rear is slightly more worn than R especially on outer edge of tread. Was just planning on getting two new rears and motoring on, unless the consensus ( if there can be one on this board) is that you should get an alignment with each replacement of rears. Thanks
straight, no issues. L rear is slightly more worn than R especially on outer edge of tread. Was just planning on getting two new rears and motoring on, unless the consensus ( if there can be one on this board) is that you should get an alignment with each replacement of rears. Thanks
04-14-2006, 12:38 AM
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I get an alignment maybe once a year, sometimes longer, and chew my way through approx. three sets of tires a year. My tires wear fairly evenly. IMO, no need to get an alignment before a tire change unless the old tires wore out strangely or you whacked something.
04-14-2006, 12:48 AM
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i do DE days (used to go to autocross too) so a few times a year but when it was mainly just a street car (just 1 de and autocross as a beginner in DE), I only got one alignment after it was 3 years old and it's 3rd set of tires and at that time I got just a little more agressive with camber from the factory setting of -1 to -1.5 or something like -1.75 (something very conserative to me).. but seemed very aggressive at the time...
right now I'd never suggest my alignment for a daily driver... it's downright scary in rain
right now I'd never suggest my alignment for a daily driver... it's downright scary in rain
04-14-2006, 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by p-car11
L rear is slightly more worn than R especially on outer edge of tread.
I get an alignment when 1) the tires wear unevenly or 2) I don't like how the car handles.
04-14-2006, 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by kkim
I'd get the alignment checked when you get the tires replaced. Outer edge wear is unusual on these cars... at least to me. Let me guess... you still have the stock suspension?
I get an alignment when 1) the tires wear unevenly or 2) I don't like how the car handles.
I get an alignment when 1) the tires wear unevenly or 2) I don't like how the car handles.
yes.. If I remember my alignment education correctly, outside edge wear is too much toe in on a stock street driven car (unless you wanna go over my head and get into thrust angle or some other fancy alignment term I don't understand).
I understand camber and toe (pigeon toe or dancer feet is how I visualize toe in or toe out)
04-14-2006, 01:23 AM
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Hi Jim,
I guess I put on approx. 2400 track miles a year and have been using MPSC's almost exclusively for the past three years or so. Just two weeks ago, I purchased eight 285 Hoosiers directly from the manufacturer and will start running Hooisers for the next year or two. In the past, though, I've bought my MPSC's either from Tire Rack, ebay (new tires, never used) or Jackson Dawson Motorsports, a Michelin supplier who comes to the bigger club races
I guess I put on approx. 2400 track miles a year and have been using MPSC's almost exclusively for the past three years or so. Just two weeks ago, I purchased eight 285 Hoosiers directly from the manufacturer and will start running Hooisers for the next year or two. In the past, though, I've bought my MPSC's either from Tire Rack, ebay (new tires, never used) or Jackson Dawson Motorsports, a Michelin supplier who comes to the bigger club races
