> Last night I measured the A-arms. The left and right were essentially the
> same. The lower right arm may have been a hair shorter, but not more than
> 1/16". I loosened all the right side A-arm mounts and pried on them as I
> retightened them. Nothing seemed to move much at all, but when I was done
> I had some more camber and a lot more toe-in. After resetting the toe I
> ended up with about -3/4 degree on the right and -1 degree left, which
> sounds pretty normal according to what I've heard. I then had a friend
> sit in the drivers seat as I measured camber again, and it measured -1
> degree right and -7/8 left. I'm surprised that the weight would cause
> left camber to decrease since I figured it should gain camber under
> compression. But anyway, it looks as if things are aligned pretty well
> now.
>
> I really have no idea what alignment settings work on a Miata, so I just
> took a guess. Right now I have about -1 degree camber up front and -2 at
> the rear. Do I really need that much rear camber? I set front toe to
> just a hair toe-out, maybe 1/16" total. And the total rear toe-in is
> about 1/8". I guess I'll find out this weekend how it works. I just got
> some new full-tread Kumhos mounted yesterday, but still have the stock
> shocks, swaybar, and exhaust.
>
> Brad Burns
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