Hey fellas - after 7 months in the garage for a complete performance overhaul + subframe restoration, I can't belive I'm saying this, but all that's left is a tune and alignment.

Regarding the latter, I've got IE fixed plates up front and am bring the car down1.25" on coilovers. This is a street car/ daily driver that might see occational track use, and I don't want to eat through tires going too aggressive. That said, I'm curious what folks recommend for rear camber? Thanks.

 

This is the before and after on our 2005 r53 - this runs 215/45/17 Pilot 4S on web spoke rims. My daughter says that it drives very well ( 75 - 85 Cali freeway life )

 

I meant to check my last alignment sheet when I was out earlier today, but I forgot. My recollection is that I'm running -1.5° camber at the back. Toe will be more critical for tire wear unless you get crazy with the camber, which you don't want to since the car is pretty understeery from the factory.

This is with adjustable plates up front at (I think?) ~ -1.7° camber and the smaller of the two Hotchkis rear sway bars in the middle position. I'm also running the dinky sport suspension front sway bar and Swift springs on Koni yellows. If I actually remember the next time I'm out at my car, I'll update this if it's wrong. Also, grain of salt on handling at the very limits since I don't track this car, but it's better balanced than it ever was when it was stock.

 

My setup is quite close to stock. Koni SRT shock/struts ( orange ). Power flex control arm bushings. And Pilot S4’s

 

Thanks all. And @deepgrey I'm running a Whiteline rear swaybar, on the middle setting as well. I'll go -1.5 on the back and unless there's a compelling reason, stick with the OEM specs for toe.

 

I would tell the alignment shop to match whatever you get in the front. If the front is -1.7°, then go -1.7° in the back. Since the rear will gain camber under compression faster than the front, as the car squats, it will get more stable.