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SYT_Shadow did a great alignment setting for dual duty.
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Of course it can be done, and it has been done already. Every year, around 20k street miles in this 'impossible' alignment.
I have heard plenty of ...people... say it's impossible. But opinions are like assholes, everyone has one! |
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I may have the toe-in and toe-out backward though I'll concede that. Last edited by bbnks2; 09-07-2023 at 08:25 AM.. |
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09-07-2023, 08:49 AM | #26 | |
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It absolutely can be done, very easily. I move the camber plates from street to track position and that's it. I've had alignment shops raise their hands in the air and say it's impossible, but they are wrong, and when they put the car on the rack and follow the sheet I give them, posted above, it turns out that they had camber relationship with toe in bmws messed up and it works exactly as described. E46, E9X, F8X, they all work exactly the same.
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but you can mitigate a some of your tire wear concerns if you just go square, and flip.rotate often.
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After quickjacks, a quick trick string alignment setup is my favorite “tool” purchase. A local friend of mine and I went halfies on it and we both use it far more than we expected we would.
Never pay for an alignment again, learn for yourself how suspension adjustments effect your alignment, and dial in your alignment closer than 99% of shops would ever get. |
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09-07-2023, 11:40 AM | #29 |
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Also, from the pics it looks like you are running close to the least amount of positive caster those plates will allow for.
Might be worth doing some reading on the positive effects of more positive caster. Unless you don’t like a heavier steering feel (I do) there’s pretty much no downsides to maxing out your caster, with the caveat that a round strut tower opening will limit how much negative camber you can achieve when you max out the positive caster. I have SPL LCA’s so I can adjust negative camber from the bottom if needed, but I’m at nearly 10 degrees of positive caster (maxed out) with -2.5 degrees of camber while sitting right at the camber centerline on my GC plates. |
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re: caster -- probably one too many variables for me right now. interestingly the 3DM folks advised leaving the caster alone as "E9Xs don't like a lot of caster like the older BMWs do" (his words, not mine)
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09-07-2023, 11:59 AM | #31 |
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kolosy your setup looks to allow caster without giving up camber as typically the strut nut hits the edges of the strut tower. Thus there’s only so much gain before losing static camber.
More caster = dynamic negative camber which is a good thing. However, it can be over done and lead to wheel jacking. The inside tire lifts at various steering angles. Suspensionsecrets.co.uk is a fantastic resource. For now, I’d keep shit as simple as possible.
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