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Here are my ALIGNMENT specs on fully settled EIBACH springs, no camber kit

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Old 12-14-2008 | 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Skyline-LEXY
^^ so do you want + toe with - camber or neutral toe with - camber to even out the tire wear? I was getting confussed...
+toe with -camber evens out the overall effect. Obviously after a certain point, too much of either can be negatively effective.
Old 12-14-2008 | 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by jweb3
I fixed the -4 camber in the back. I had that much negative camber bc of how low the springs dropped the car. I am in spec right now, and my toe is also in spec in the front and the rear. I have -2.0 camber in the front and my tires ARE wearing unevenly even with the toe being in factory spec. It definitely has to be the negative camber. What else would it be?
Unfortunately, once you pass a certain point, then obviously negative camber will start to hurt your configuration, maybe because of the weight of the car and how much stress it puts on the inner walls of the front tires. Though -2.0 camber is not a lot, I believe it is actually on the high side for the front, not the rear. Even so, I know people running -2.0F and -2.5R on S2000's all day long with no problems, but again, it's a much lighter car.

The previous coupe had tire feathering issues, and from what I understand the geometry of the new coupe's suspension is not much different from that of the previous generation car. Even though tire feathering has not been reported on the G37 (that I know of), maybe if you lower it a bit too much it may have a similar effect as to what used to happen with the previous coupes.

Try to see if you can minimize your front camber to maybe -1.5, and you should be fine. Also, from what I know, the Eibach's don't give you -2.0 in the front, so you must be running a different set of springs/coils.

EDIT: I just went back and re-read your signature. Mistake #1: You put springs on your car that were not made for your car. Springs are built with a specific spring coefficient in mind, depending on the weight and other properties of the car. Mistake #2) you put springs on that drop your car WAY too low, without the necessary alignment adjustment. G35 S-Techs are not really a wise choice.

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Old 12-14-2008 | 01:28 PM
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I'm around a -2.25 camber in the rear and mine are wearing just fine.
Old 12-14-2008 | 01:31 PM
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^sw33t, good to kno blackjack. I'm not too worried since im at -2.0 in the rear, and have some + toe front and rear to try to even it out.

I'll post back after like 7500 miles as to my tire wear.
Old 12-14-2008 | 01:49 PM
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I'm around a -2.25 camber in the rear and mine are wearing just fine.
Oh really? I didnt know yours was that much... thats IS great to know...
Originally Posted by Ahujadaddy
^sw33t, good to kno blackjack. I'm not too worried since im at -2.0 in the rear, and have some + toe front and rear to try to even it out.

I'll post back after like 7500 miles as to my tire wear.
My Alignment guy said that you wanted your toe at 0... so he increased my rear neg camber up from 1.8 to 2.0 just to get the Rear Toe at 0. He said this would kept my tires fromt wearing bad and this setup was the best possible setup to avoiding wearing...


hope this helps...
Old 12-14-2008 | 08:57 PM
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^^ now theres 2 options.... which one to go with...
Old 12-15-2008 | 12:10 AM
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yea, its a conundrum... next time im there ill ask my guy again specifically and to clarify.
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