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Ideal rear wheel alignment.

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So, what should I <span style="font-style: italic">suggest</span> to my alignment guy when I finally limp to his shop for a 4-wheel alignment? I have the new GoodParts TA brackets on and can dial in camber on the rear wheels now without juggling brackets. Is zero rear camber on the rear wheels ideal or should there be .75* rear camber on them as some have suggested. As well as toe-in. I was told there should be a very small toe-in on the rear wheels yet. I just want safe highway tracking and only rarely, very rarely, autocross.
 
With a load in the car, which is against what all early specs are, as the car was usually set up empty. Go for 1/2 to 3/4 degree NEGATIVE camber on both rear wheels. Toe in should be 1/16-1/8 inch shoot for 1/16
 
Caution the technician about the fact that the new brackets are intended to "hold" the adjustment, rather than "make" it. The tech that did mine put a socket wrench on the adjuster, and while making the adjustment (with all the nuts loose) broke the adjustment bolt in two. I had to take it all apart again to install a new adjusting bolt.

Many places won't touch it.
 
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