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Pics of lowered gs300s with positive camber

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Old 05-17-12, 08:55 AM
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you adjust toe from the toe arm. Your best bet is to just get an alignment, and set everything as close to 0* as possible
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Many alignment shops will do a slight amount of toe in for better control and stability at higher speeds. You can probably request to have it set as close to 0* as possible.
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Thanx guys i appreciate it.
Old 05-17-12, 03:33 PM
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The concept of shooting for zero toe is correct, but the REAL world says that there are too many other variables that can affect this.

The only variable I'll mention for now is if you align your car at exactly ZERO toe, it probably will not be zero toe as soon as you sit in it.

The least you should do is align the car with driver weight included, by adding weights on the driver side during alignment.

If you look at the Factory spec, you will see that a slight Toe In is acceptable. Toe Out is pretty much the #1 killer of excessive wear, toe in Is not so bad as long as you are within factory spec.
Old 05-17-12, 08:39 PM
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IIRC, there is always toe on the passenger side (or camber, cant remember which) because of the slight slant in all roads for water runoff.
Old 05-18-12, 01:22 AM
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Originally Posted by RMMGS4
The concept of shooting for zero toe is correct, but the REAL world says that there are too many other variables that can affect this.

The only variable I'll mention for now is if you align your car at exactly ZERO toe, it probably will not be zero toe as soon as you sit in it.

The least you should do is align the car with driver weight included, by adding weights on the driver side during alignment.

If you look at the Factory spec, you will see that a slight Toe In is acceptable. Toe Out is pretty much the #1 killer of excessive wear, toe in Is not so bad as long as you are within factory spec.
I've just installed 30mm RCA's up front which dropped the front of the car 30mm (or about 1.1") and noticed there is def a little bit of negative camber. Do you suppose the Toe is "off" from factory now, because of that, or not really? I can't really tell if the Toe's incorrect by LOOKING at it...

When lowering the 2GS- does it cause the Toe to become more Neg or Pos ?
Old 05-18-12, 01:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr Jokster
Oh forgot, in response to pic request
Im not going to front...this looks kinda sick. Its something you dont see too often. I wonder...lol
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Originally Posted by RMMGS4
The concept of shooting for zero toe is correct, but the REAL world says that there are too many other variables that can affect this.

The only variable I'll mention for now is if you align your car at exactly ZERO toe, it probably will not be zero toe as soon as you sit in it.

The least you should do is align the car with driver weight included, by adding weights on the driver side during alignment.

If you look at the Factory spec, you will see that a slight Toe In is acceptable. Toe Out is pretty much the #1 killer of excessive wear, toe in Is not so bad as long as you are within factory spec.
RMMGS4

Is correct, if I can offer a piece of advice when having your car aligned make sure that you fill up the gas tank prior to aligning your car. This way the technician will have as close to "real world" values, an experienced alignment technician will know what to do.
Old 05-18-12, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr Jokster
Oh forgot, in response to pic request
lol! disgusting!
Old 05-18-12, 08:54 AM
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Quick question, i went to get an alignment after i pulled -3 camber from the bolt. But they couldn't zero out the toe without bringing it back camber to -2. Would i need a new toe arm or what?
Old 05-18-12, 09:37 AM
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Positive camber will decrease the handling and it looks like someones tryin to hold their pee in
Old 05-18-12, 10:09 AM
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its interesting to read how many people have misconception of camber vs toe!
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