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drwrx
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Alignment advice

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I finally finished the suspension swap on the Legacy.
The image is the current alignment measurements.

I'm pretty happy with the camber both front and rear:
Left front: -1.2 Right Front: -1.2
Left rear: -1.2 Right rear: -1.1

The Caster is a bit odd:
Left Front: 6.6 Right Front: 6.3 with a cross caster of .4
(This is the first time I have ever encountered cross caster and am not sure what the effect would be)

The Toe is what is bothering me:
Left front: -.25 Right Front: -.12
Total Toe: -.38
Left rear: -.23 Right rear: -.23
Total Toe: .45

Thrust angle: 0.0

The rear has adjustable toe bolts but they said they were frozen.

I'd love to get RJ's thoughts on this and what remedies (if any) he would recommend.
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Re: Alignment advice

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I love high camber for great cornering, for a street car anywhere from -1.5 -> -2, but I almost always run 0 toe to avoid scrubbing the hell out of the inside of the tires. I really have no idea what excess caster will do. For reference, this was my last alignment
Camber:
Left front: -1.5 Right Front: -1.5
Left rear: -1.1 Right rear: -1.1

Caster:
Left Front: 4.98
Right Front: 4.48

Toe:
Left Front: .01 Right Front: -.01
Total Front: 0
Left Rear: -.02 Right Rear: -.02
Total Rear: -.04

Thrust angle: 0.0

Back when I was tracking the car, I ran -2.5 up front and -2 in the rear for camber.

Looking forward to RJ's opinion too!
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Re: Alignment advice

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didn't Ross have something crazy set up in the rear? I don't have time to search for it, but there was an allignment thread with his obs in it.
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