meburdick

2017 AWD Tech

Long story short... I had a four wheel alignment done and I don't know that I'm happy with the "after" measurements.

Right front was all green to start, looks like they really only changed toe.
Left front was all yellow. Tow is now green but they didn't touch camber or caster.
Right rear was yellow (camber) and red (toe). Toe is now green but camber didn't change.
Left rear was red for both. Toe is now green but camber didn't change.

What adjustments are actually possible on this car? I know that some vehicles can only adjust toe for the rear without installing cam bolts into the rear suspension arms to make camber adjustments, but I'm concerned that the rear is as far out as it is. I'm also concerned that they did very little to the front as well.

thoiboi

only toe is adjustable on these cars to my knowledge, no camber/caster adjustment possible. post a pic of the alignment sheet if you're really worried but a little negative camber as the car gets older is expected

Clickit02

Camber and toe are adjustable, but caster is not (Typically).

meburdick

Appreciate the responses...

Toe only at the rear wouldn't surprise me. The 'concern' here would be that the camber on the left rear is -1.5 (red) while the right rear is -1.4 (yellow). In other words, at what point does this become more of a concern to where something needs to be done, and what is it that needs to be done? Are we talking rear suspension replacement because it's worn or is it something else?

For the front, the right front looks good with everything in the green but the left front show yellow for both camber (-0.4) and caster (2.2). Again, for the items that can not be adjusted, are we talking about suspension parts replacement to correct these items? And, should I be pushing to have the camber adjusted so it's in the green range like the right front (-0.1)? The range is -0.5 to 0.5, so that wheel is right at the edge of the range (hence the yellow).

thoiboi

Are you speaking "generally" or for the RDX?

Stop overthinking it, -1.5 camber is very normal and you won't have any issues with tire wear, just make sure your toe is completely zero'd out.

meburdick

What does "zero'ed out" mean to you? The front wheels would be at the center of their preferred range ff they were at zero, but zero is the and point of the range for the rears. They all show green indicating they're within a desired range of settings, including the total toe for front and rear and the steer ahead.

thoiboi

Post your alignment sheet and i'll show you

meburdick

altair47

Is this before or after alignment?

meburdick

After.

The fact that you're even asking that tells me there's a problem to be concerned about.

thoiboi

toe in the front should be 0.00 and the rear's should be 0.08, i've seen a lot of alignment shops just get lazy and say "good enough" this is one example of that. $120 for a local indie alignment shop and he gets it right on the dot each time, even if it takes him a few times going back and forth to every corner. I wouldn't worry about camber/caster