Shop tells me that they can't find ACURA specification on how to adjust the alignment. Does this mean ACURA is keeping this secret to dealers only? Is this car non-alignable?

 

If they're referring only to the camber on the rear right then it's because camber is not adjustable on most if not all Acuras. You can however adjust toe but it doesn't seem like they zero'd it out at all, this is one lazy ass alignment shop... My alignment guy ensures every toe on every corner is exactly dead center in the range. In the case of your car as an example, it would be 0.00 toe in the front and 0.08 toe in the back. I hope you didn't pay too much if this is the after diagram and not the before.

 

Thanks for the info. Why do they make their camber non-adjustable? does adjusting the toe have any chance on influencing the camber at all?

 

You'd have to ask Honda engineers that question..


The camber is fine and over time, it will your suspension sags and camber goes negative. It's not a big problem so much as the toe, I would find a shop that will zero out the toe and ignore the camber, bad toe causes much more tire wear than camber ever will.

 

Thanks I'll keep monitoring. At what angle/degree would you recommend I replace the strut to treat the camber issue?