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Finally finished the installation of the adjustable camber plates and the adjustment of, on the front of my 05, R53. I've had adjustable arms on the back for a coupla months.

Just curious, who does their own adjustments (front and rear) ?
What numbers are you using, front and rear ?

I don't plan on changing my numbers, just curious what others are using for the street.

Mike

 

I eyeballed mine when I DIY alignment. So no numbers here except verified by tire wear on track. For warm and fuzzy numbers my front camber is about -2.15 and rear -3.5. May be 1 toe in front and 2 rear. I posted a set of factory specs on my thread recently. For street you don't want to stray far mainly for tire wears. We that drive on track can be more ruthless as our tires last less than a thousand miles no matter how precise your alignment is.

 

I run -1.75 to -2* all the way around (depends on the specific vehicle). I do my own alignments with 4 identical jack stands, two sections of pipe wider than my vehicles, string, a caliper, and some basic trig. Rotate tires every 5k (when I do oil changes), and I see no abnormal wear. The improvements in handling characteristics far outweigh any potential tire wear rate increase. Lowest I'd really go would be -1.75* front, -1.25* rear on the Mini. Toe I set at 0mm in the rear, and 1-2mm toe-in per wheel in the front.

 

Thanks guys.
I use an old toe gauge and a new Longacre, caster-camber, digital gauge. I use a two digit (to the right of the decimal) gauge to get closer angles than the Longacre, single digit.
From past Auto Cross experience (big American car), and playing on the street, I kept it small, -.75° at all four corners. If I were racing, I'd take them to about -1.5° or 2°. Experiment from there.

Thanks

Mike