ZenZiglar

Switched the pics from Google to ImageShack. Works much better! Thanks guys.

ZenZiglar

Oh, and I am going with the alignment tech mentioned above. He works at Honda and does alignments for a lot of people that do autocross with him. Though he's typically adding camber instead of reducing it, he's racked up some good experience with lowered cars.

He is concerned that the front end camber looks to be around 2, or 2.25 degrees and is not adjustable, but that was just a visual estimate. We'll see how it goes.

blnewt

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Glad you found a guy that works on lowered cars on a regular basis. Drop looks real nice & even. Hopefully your alignment will get in spec or close enough.

ZenZiglar

My alignment is complete. I ended up with just over 2 degrees of camber on all wheels.
The front weren't adjustable as expected. The rear left was way out for some reason. The tech got it as close as possible and was still at 2.17 degrees. He wondered if anything was damaged during the install. He ended up adjusting the rear right further out of spec so they'd match. No concerns with the toe. What do you guys think? How bad will tire wear be without a camber kit? While I have your attention, I will say my car has pulled slightly to the right ever since I got my Hotchkis. Do you see any other concerns with the alignment results?

blnewt

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You should be OK as long as you can do slightly more frequent tire rotations, your inside treadwear will be slightly increased, but w/ rotations every 8000 miles you should get treadwear pretty close to an in spec setup that rotates less often. Your SAI is high, not really sure the effects on treadwear, I don't think there's much of an effect on that but may cause handling issues. Here's a good writeup on that, wish I could be of more help, your toe is awesome so you should be pretty much good to go. Maybe someone here can help further explain the SAI readings (yours still seem pretty close to max spec though)
Wheel Alignment Terms

ZenZiglar

Speaking of SAI, I do notice that the steering wheel doesn't return to center. Not sure I'd say it makes no effort, but it definitely doesn't go back on it's own.

Also, I'm noticing wheel vibration at 60mph, probably from the spacers. I guess I'll get them re-torqued. Could my bad rotors be causing a constant shake with the combo of spacers? Before, I only felt the shake when I was braking.

Bota36

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Looks great Zenziglar. Man what a difference the drop makes.