anyone know how to adjust the alignment on the rear? my rear right has a little toe in. took off the wheel today and noticed that the tread is starting to diminish alot faster. anyone know a way to solve this? would i have to take it in to a shop?

 

As little as 1/4 of a degree of toe can cause excessive wear. There is no way your eyes can measure that.

You should take it to a shop

 

yeah, the toe is visibly noticeable, as well as the tire and drive performance. any other solution than to bring it into a shop? anyone know how to align wheels themselves?

 

The wear is definitely noticeable, but as far as aligning it yourself... do you have the alignment tools?

To align it yourself, you'll need a device that runs about $300 that you hook onto your wheels. It measures those parameters. I'm not sure of the other details, but suffice it to say, you're better off bringing it somewhere.

Lifts, rotating alignment platforms, and impact tools are nearly necessary, since we're dealing with precise adjustments.

 

Yeah it's not easy. You need to find the center of your frame, compensate if it's slightly bent, make sure the ground is perfectly level, plus all those tools. Even if you do do it yourself it could take a very long time, and then never having done this before how can you be sure that you're measurements are right.

My advice: Look for a shop that uses old school analog devices to do you're alignment. They're usually good. The shops that use the 4 reflecting polygons do so because it's quick, easy, and will align a car just good enough.

 

My advice is to find someone who has the latest digital technology such as Hunter Engineering's alignment machines. Very sensitive, you could cough near the car and the alignment would change (reading on the machine)!!

Hunter uses those reflecting polygons, and when used by a TRAINED TECHNICIAN, they work extremely well, it's the people who don't know what they're doing that results in an alignment that isn't perfect. Plus, you also have to realize that some shops don't pay to have Hunter Engineering reps to come out to calibrate their machines.

I'd go to a higher volume shop to get an alignment. If they have some old, dusty, broken down machine, forget it. Won't be worth your time.

 

Here are the directions from our website for the rear. Hope that helps.

http://www.trdsparks.com/displaypart...1&parts_id=677

Ken