Camber, Caster, and Toe

OK, I am currently trying to find a place that will allign my car and provide a decent warranty ...

But for now, I have tried to get my alignment as close to 'spec' as possible but I don't know exactly what 'spec' is for our cars.

Are we supposed to have slight negative camber? What about toe? Does anyone have a picture of their car from the front or rear (like looking straight down the side of the car from the ground view)? If so would you post them please. I want to get a good idea of how the tire is supposed to "look" so that I can drive it for a week or so, until my CC plates come in.

I know it's kind of a strange request but if anyone can assist me with info or pics I would appreciate it.

bdcardinal said:

toe you want close to 0 as much as possible, with maybe a slight even toe in to allow for the tires getting pulled out on acceleration. caster, ideally you want to run as much as possible. i run about 5 degrees caster, but i think stock is around 4 degrees. you want a slight negative camber, about -.5 degrees. without a camber gauge or an accurate alignment rack, you arent gonna get it very close. although i was initally taught how to align cars with a bar and a ruler and that would get them pretty close.

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Makes sense. How did you use the bar and ruler (level I assume)? You're talking about for camber only, no?

I just want to get it drivable where I won't eat tires for 1 week, my CC plates should be here Monday. My truck's water pump went poo and I am gonna driver my car for a month or so just because it's been a while.