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Old Jun 1, 2004
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What is the best alignment setup for a 2004?

I have read numerous times that the stock alignment sucks as there is too much under steering among other issues. I have a brand new 2004 coupe and I am getting some new tires in the near future. Not sure exactly what size yet. What should I tell the dude at the tire shop to set my alignment to?
I do not plan on any other suspension mods at this time.

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How do you want it to handle??

A little oversteer? Then just a touch of toe out on the back should do.
want it to Turn in quicker? then a touch of toe out on the front.

For starters, 0 toe front and back would be a good place to start, with as much Negitive camber on the front as you can get.
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oh my..

so there are lots of type of allignment, eh??

can you list it? any link where it's been covered?
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will the tire size I finally pick make any difference or is the toe in (or out ) value and the tread/side wall size unrelated?
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Its unrelated.


Zen, Tuning the handling through the alignment is almost a Black art... But if you want to know more about how your alignment will effect your handling read this..


Alignment Theory


and there was a discussion here about it too, along with a few peoples setups.

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