toe balances camber ?

Chris Vu

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so i told the guy at the alignment shop to zero my toe and he told me i needed to have 1/4" to compensate for my -3 camber .. is that true or should i bring it back and have him zero it ?
 

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I always thought you had to have your toe at 0 for tire wear purposes but Idk what happened when your have that much camber
 

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I'm not exactally a master technician, but i've done a fair amout of alignments and to the best of my knowledge if the camber is off and there is no way of adjusting it you should still zero the toe.
 

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When are we doing your side markers?

OH!! I forgot to tell you. Chieu told me that it should only be about $40 worth of work .. Are you sure your dads charging $100 ??

I'm not exactally a master technician, but i've done a fair amout of alignments and to the best of my knowledge if the camber is off and there is no way of adjusting it you should still zero the toe.

Thanks. And it's not that there's no way of adjusting it, it's just .. I don't want to :p Gotta keep teh flushnezz.

So I'm guessing I need to go back and tell him to zero it out ? I have sick inner tire wear.
 

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OH!! I forgot to tell you. Chieu told me that it should only be about $40 worth of work .. Are you sure your dads charging $100 ??



Thanks. And it's not that there's no way of adjusting it, it's just .. I don't want to :p Gotta keep teh flushnezz.

So I'm guessing I need to go back and tell him to zero it out ? I have sick inner tire wear.

have him zero the toe, it might help with your inner treadwear, but honestly with that much camber you're still going to have crappy tire wear.
 

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Thank you sir. Anything that helps I'll do lol. I'm just not going to get rid of the camber ..
 

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Is this the front or back? I have my toe zeroed out and I'm really low. My tire wear is fine. If the toe is out more than 0.2 it'll make your tire wear pretty bad.
 

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Hm. This is for the rear. My toe up front is zero'd and the tire wear is fine, but the camber on the front is only -2. My rear spec's are 9.5+35 with -3 camber and the inside of the tire is bald.
 
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