Hello all....

I had an alignment a few weeks ago on my 05 TSX and was told the replace my camber to some adjustables (sorry...don't know much about cars ) Any suggestions?

Alignment Stat:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53675467/Ali...nt%20Stats.pdf

Suggestions:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/53675467/Ali...Suggestion.pdf

Any suggestions as to what I need to do? Mr Marcus, feel free to suggest since you're close to the area

 

Welcome to the site. From what I can see on your included spec. chart, I don't understand why you were told that you need to add camber adjustment. Yes, your rear camber is slightly outside the range (max recommended is -1.5, you're at -1.7). The toe is within spec. If you look at the car from the rear, from about 50 feet back, you'll notice the rear wheels are tilted in a little at the top. This is the camber, and the -1.7 degrees is the amount they're tilted in (from 90 degrees to the pavement). You shouldn't be concerned about that. It's fine as far as your ride and handling are concerned, and it shouldn't effect your tire wear. The OE suspension does not allow for rear camber adjustment and it seems that many models are delivered from the factory with rear camber nowhere near ideal (the correct spec. is -1). Add wear over time and the camber can end up, well, like where yours is for instance. Bottom line is, in my opinion, your alignment specs look fine and you should be good to go.

 

Ok. Thanks for the info. My car does drift to the right a little. Got new tires and went in for the alignment. May be the tire need balancing?

 

They didn't balance them when you got new tires? My car drifts to the right a bit too. I had it aligned and they said everything was fine. They swapped the front two tires around though to see if it would help. It did a little. I think it is just a quirk of these cars.

 

Mine also drifts a bit to the right. Just rotated my tires and it got rid of most of it. This despite alignment specs that are correct

 

According to the techs at the dealer the car should follow the crowning of the road so in most situations it will pull slightly to the left. If the car continues to pull to the right when say in the left lane of a two lane highway, you could have an issue there.

 

Well, I had an accident before when someone decided to "Pitted" (as per po po) me on my rear passenger side. Rear wheel got scratched but doesn't look bent. Took it to the body shop and had it repaired. They replaced my rear passenger tire. Wish they told me they were replacing it so i can buy the other three since I was due to get new tires. Anyway, I bought the other 3 and got it mounted and balanced, then off to Firestone for the alignment. It seems to drift to the right a little but before the alignment, was drifting more to the right. The bodyshop said that was the best they can do for an alignment (whatevers). May be i should get it rebalanced again? My tires are Yokohama S. Drive at stock size.