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Old 03-03-2011, 10:17 PM
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Adjusting Toe to Zero

How do you do this? Can this be a DIY? I can lift the car and turn some bolts -- front and rear?
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I think that is better left to an alignment pro with an alignment rack (unless you have a way of calculating all the specs).
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I do my own alignments in the garage with a few rudimentary tools, and measure toe via the string method.

What are you hoping to achieve?

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that smartcamber tool looks cool
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Re: Toe Settings

Unless you have done suspension mods, I would not set the front toe less than positive .05 per side for a total of .10. Anything less will cup your front tires.
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Unless you have done suspension mods, I would not set the front toe less than positive .05 per side for a total of .10. Anything less will cup your front tires.
Cupping is not caused by toe, it's caused by bad shocks. Toe causes edge wear. The more important question is why does the op want zero toe front and rear?
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Bad wheel bearings can cause cupping as well.

Originally Posted by AMGPilot
Cupping is not caused by toe, it's caused by bad shocks. Toe causes edge wear. The more important question is why does the op want zero toe front and rear?

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