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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 09:33 PM
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Yo. When the weather turns a touch warm, I'm switching out my TRD springs for DF210s and monroe's. I'll need to get an alignment after all is said and done.

I'm debating setting myself up with some camber - OTG in the rear, maybe some camber bolts for the front for a degree or two. My question is, the toe out needs to be set to minimize tire wear. I know the OTG shims have it built in, and the front does not. Therefore, I'll need to get the front adjusted at a shop. Won't they look at my wheels and say, "that camber is off, need to adjust that" or something? If I tell them to leave the camber alone, will they know how much toe to compensate?

Sorry if this is a stupid question. Let me know if that makes any sense at all. Thanks!

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Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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you can tell them you want to keep teh camber as is . or say 1 degree , or 2 degree and that you want the toe corrected as much as possible without removing the camber.
Old Feb 26, 2007 | 10:22 PM
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yeah, the toe can be set, regardless of camber... toe will change slightly with changes in camber and vise versa, but either can be change regardless of the other (independently).
Old Feb 27, 2007 | 04:35 AM
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OTG shims are supposed to have built-in toe correction
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