DIY rear alignment order?- camber then toe?

[grahamkissack]

Just dropped the car to euro ride height and the rear camber was way off (-2.5 degrees) for this street only car. With limited funds and almost fully worn tires, I decided to DIY the alignment for now.

I now have both sides now at -1 degree with Bentley and 101's help but the toe in on the passenger side rear is too great. Does the eccentric toe adjusting hex bolt affect camber or are they independent? ie can I adjust toe in now without worrying about it impacting my camber setting?

Thanks, Graham

[Dixie]

Set camber first, then toe. You'll find setting toe will change the camber some.

So it's really set camber, set toe, re-check camber, repeat...

[Chris Bunker]

One thing to note as well - If you set the rear ride height too low, you may not be able to get the toe back into the spec range.
I just recently had this experience. The shop could get camber back up to -1 deg or so, but couldn't get the toe back out to the near 0.0 range. I took it home and will reset height this weekend and bring it back. I had unfortunately maxed out the left height adjuster fine tuning the ride hgt, so the T-bars needed re-indexing.

Anyway, something to look out for.

[imcarthur]

Originally posted by Capt. Carrera
So it's really set camber, set toe, re-check camber, repeat...

You got that right, Capt. The repeat part.

Ian

[jacko241]

Can someone post a pic of the rear toe adjuster?