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Some of you might remember some of my post about our family's 7th Gen Civic, now we've moved on to a 8th gen Civic, precisely a Honda Civic 2010 EX-L Sedan Manual (Canadian model) with Stock suspension.
The car was purchase back in July and I've went for an alignment because the car needed new tires. Obviously, I have tons of questions, but I'll start by sharing the alignment sheet before, what do you guys think based on your experience and expertise?
I don't feel confident in putting new tires with these specs, considering the camber readings especially the rear when my car does indeed have the 'C' marks on the rear upper control arm.
Without further redo, here's the alignment results along with the Honda Specs sheet directly from the Honda Shop Manual from Bishko.
Forgive the french, it has been done in Montreal!
PINCEMENT = TOE
CARROSSAGE = CAMBER
CHASSE = CASTER
POUSSEE = I don't know what that is though, means Push in french.
I appreciates whatever feedback you can provide, but I obviously have questions I need answered, I'll ask them afterwards following your feedback.
The most obvious one is: Has the job been done correctly, meaning, can I put new tires and not worry about uneven and prematured tread wear?
Thank you!
I apologize, I was unable to resize or simple attach the pictures with the post, I've only managed to insert them in line.
Alignment Before & After Honda Civic 2006-2011 Alignment Specs
Honestly the car has two sets of different tires, 2 Firestone Fuel Fighter up front, and 2 GoodYears, both All Season Tires. I just rotated them, but the GoodYear are shot, cracked, all worn out, almost no tread left.
I don't know how recently the tires were rotated the last time before we got the car, but I'll go ahead and check the front Firestones that used to be up front.
My question to you is, does this appear to be normal camber settings in the rear for a stock car that barely has 60K miles?
I'm honestly on the look out for a good alignment that knows what they're doing, I don't trust this one since they can't even get the toe right. Any advice how to find a good one? Should I look for alignment shops that knows Hondas?
I'd like to have more inputs from you guys as I have many questions.
I know our cars the at least the Civic7th and 8th that I know, only has the toe adjustable in the front and in the rear.
Despite that, camber setting both up front and in the rear and the caster angle did indeed change a bit.
Can someone tell me if my camber up front and in the rear are way off, and if so, can I be corrected by adjusting the toe setting?
About the caster angle for the front passenger side, can I be corrected by an alignment, or is it caused by a bad suspension component ? The shop did tell me there was no play but I'm sure if they actually made sure or assumed it was.
I'm asking this all based on your experience with your alignments done in the best when the car had stock suspension with no camber bolts up front.
I'm honestly on the look out for a good alignment that knows what they're doing, I don't trust this one since they can't even get the toe right. Any advice how to find a good one? Should I look for alignment shops that knows Hondas?
**Sorry for double posting, is it possible to delete a duplicate post**
Last edited by Thaik; Oct 10, 2019 at 05:15 PM.
Reason: Apologies for double posting
Re: Alignment done: worthy of new tires? 
