How does my alignment look?

[aaronc7]

Does this look good/normal? I have Cobb springs.

 

[freebird_78]

Doesn't that show acceptable specs, and aren't all your measurements within spec?

 

[aaronc7]

ya, just seems like a pretty wide range for some of them. I really don't know much about alignments.

 

[chaosProtege]

Looks good to me ( i used to do alignments). Just FYI, you cant look at just the individual specs of each tire. You have to consider the relationship of the angles as a group. For instance, if your RF toe was at 0.25 and your LF toe was at -0.06, they are still within the specified range but not in relation to each other and you would have tire wear and possibly handling issues. But you dont have any huge differences. The biggest one is rear camber, not sure if its adjustable on the 3, but it shouldnt cause you any issues.

 

[aaronc7]

cool thanks! I am getting new tires in a week or so and just wanted to make sure all looked good. I went back a few days ago and noticed they didnt change anything...just wanted to make sure they knew what they were doin.

just FYI for anyone looking to get cobb springs, I've had the springs for a good 10k on the stockers (@ 14k now) and have no premature wear or anything. You can see in the .pdf the rear camber is in specs too.

 

[bacarl]

Why's there no spec called out for front cross camber or cross caster? As chaos said, these are important parameters to watch.

The ranges for the programs I work on for Ford are very close to -0.7 to +0.7 for both Xcamber and Xcaster, but I'd have no idea what Mazda would spec for a car like ours.

Also, Xcaster should typically be negative, meaning that the left-hand steering knuckle has less rearward lean (positive caster) than the right-hand knuckle. A car tends to pull to whichever side has less caster, so negative Xcaster makes the car pull slightly left and helps compensate for the crown typically found on the right side of the road. You have less caster on the right than the left (positive Xcaster), so if you notice your car pulling right, that might be the cause. Chances are that you won't notice anything though.

Just an observation: -2.30* for rear camber is pretty huge! That certainly explains why lowering springs like Cobb's can be installed without rear camber going out of spec.