Stealth Geometry Settings

[Tekara 0]

I'm in need of having my wheel alignment done again after renewing the front top mountings. Does anyone know what settings Stealth racing currently use on Rado VR's? I had the alignment done by Vince before Christmas and it was the best its every been, and id like to get a local place to try and replicate as a stop gap before I can get back up to Stealth.

[Jim 2]

It should just be as it is from VW.. did you not get a print out with all the values on when you had the work done? I got two pages of alignment info after I had my car done there last!

[Supercharged 2]

Stealth use a Beissbarth machine - most big VW/Audi dealers have these...

[Tekara 0]

Sadly i didn't get any print outs, and i forgot to ask at the time. I don't think it was setup using stock VW settings, as i recall Vince saying that my tyres would wear a little quicker with the setup used.

[Supercharged 2]

Worth giving him a call Ross - he may have it saved under your reg...

[dr_mat 0]

Stealth usually give you a print-out which shows you all the measurements and readings, but ottomh it's approx:

 

front camber ~ -1.2

total front toe ~ 0.0

front caster angle ~ 3.0

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Vince sets camber to - 0.8

[davidwort 0]

geometry settings nr end of this thread

[carpoid 0]

Thats cool, i need to get mine done too, but would the settings vary on individual set-ups? i mean different ride heights/ wheel offsets and sizes etc.

Cheers

Matt

[dr_mat 0]

Vince sets camber to - 0.8

 

He didn't on mine. -1.2 both sides .. ;)

[davidwort 0]

Thats cool, i need to get mine done too, but would the settings vary on individual set-ups? i mean different ride heights/ wheel offsets and sizes etc.

Cheers

Matt

 

best to try factory settings for camber and toe and see how you like it, too much -ve camber and it'll go round corners great but chew your tyres up.

[carpoid 0]

Thanks for that, just seen it my Bentley Manual, got the car booked in at a VW stealership who have just got the Beissbarth machine that Stealth use. Stealth set mine up when i had the Coilovers put on so hopefully it will feel like it did when Vince set it up !!

 

Matt

[dr_mat 0]

Probably, it'll just cost more ...

[carpoid 0]

$120, about 50 pounds, not bad i thought, that includes balancing wheels/tracking.

[dr_mat 0]

Ah, life is cheap outside the UK ...

[Junior Jackson 0]

Our (JCT600, formerly Priory Park) dealer in west Hull is currently charging £74.00 an hour labour...

 

Chris.

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Vince sets camber to - 0.8

 

He didn't on mine. -1.2 both sides .. ;)

 

Sigh.... let me rephrase it then..... Vince sets it to -0.8 unless specifically told otherwise!!

[dr_mat 0]

Sigh.... let me rephrase it then..... Vince sets it to -0.8 unless specifically told otherwise!!

 

I didn't tell him to set it to -1.2, I said "do a 4 wheel alignment" and he set it to -1.2. I'm not arguing, I'm just telling it like it is ..

 

Maybe he does it differently for your big arse wheels with your lowered suspension compared to my all-standard setup?

 

Perhaps you are the unusual one, Mr Cheese Strings? ;)

[dinkus 10]

I just had mine setup for -1.0 camber at the local place. Cos I asked them to.

 

TBH it's all a matter of personal preference. If you do lots of motorway driving then having uber -ve camber will lunch the inside edges of your tyres.

 

If you do lots of twisty back-road driving then less camber means you don't get such good turn-in.

 

The factory setting is in the region of -1.5 to -1.6

 

But it is a range to be within spec and it's not a highly-strung race car on rock-hard suspension driving on a perfectly smooth race track.

 

You're driving on a whole range of different surfaces in different weather conditions, different temperatures and different levels of heat in the tyres.

 

0.2 degree here or there might make a little bit of difference to your tyre wear over the course of a few thousand miles, but it's really not something worth losing sleep over.

[Kevin Bacon 5]

The factory setting is in the region of -1.5 to -1.6

 

-1.2 actually :lol:

 

Maybe he does it differently for your big arse wheels with your lowered suspension compared to my all-standard setup?

 

Ah that's a point, you're running standard ride height? :lol: In that case, yeah he uses the standard camber. -0.8 must be what he's found is best on lowered C's ;-)