rickyellow zee Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 After lowering my 280z I did an alignment with the string method and it appears that my rear toe is out of wack. The rear left wheel is toed out 2mm and the rear right is toed in 2 mm. I replaced all bushings with polyeurathane. I plan on adjusting the toe with the adjustable derlin bushings sold at motorsports in the future. Ive heard of people with seriously bad settings of 3/4"in or out. Mine doesnt seem that bad or is it? How bad is my cars settings? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Namor Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 If you are toed out 2mm on one side, and toed in 2mm on the other side...your total toe in the rear is 0, its just your thrust angle that is off. But really, I don't think you can be certain that your measurements weren't off by 2mm. Personally, I wouldn't worry about it and I definitely wouldn't go and try to correct it by buying off center bushings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beermanpete Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 You could have a lateral offset. Have an alignment shop check it. If you do add the eccentric bushings you will need to have an alignment shop set it up anyhow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 If it is even, you might be able to slot the uprights up at the top where the bolt to the chassis. Just slide everything over two millimeters and problem solved. Several of us slotted the bottom of the uprights and used a turnbuckle in the middle. This way you could loosen up one side and twist the turnbuckle to change the toe. http://forums.hybridz.org/topic/24100-the-poor-mans-rear-toe-in-adjuster/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 You can also slot the mounting holes in the front diff cross member and the top mounting holes on the rear transverse link braces. You should be able to move things around enough to eliminate the 2mm thrust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 2mm....Id blow that tiny bit off. Reconsider if it wears tires out or pulls consistent with the misalignment. 2mm is the width of your string...hardly significant. Your toe will change a little as you accelerate, decelerate or hit bumps, even with metal bushings. If you are sliding or spinning out, the alignment doesn't matter THAT much. IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted April 22, 2016 Share Posted April 22, 2016 You use some thick string. It really is a significant amount, but the question is how accurate is the measurement, or how accurately are the strings set up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnc Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 2mn is a little over 1/16th of an inch. It's well within the margin of error if you're measuring to tires. If everything is being measured to metal the 2mm is an error to be concerned about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebekahsZ Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Ah, if we spend all our time trying to get these cars perfect we will never get to drive them. I'm not arguing that it doesn't matter for a car trying to go 200mph or trying to win a national championship. But it probably doesn't matter for the majority of guys on the forum. I bet most cars that pass you on the way to work don't have alignments that are accurate to 2mm. Or have even ever been on an alignment rack. Edited April 23, 2016 by RebekahsZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickyellow zee Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 I plan on slotting the uprights in the off season unless the tires wears out quickly. Thanks for the suggestions! BTW this is the method I used to check my rear toe. I just used the 280z track specs instead. I hope its correct. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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