Tracking

[mattneck(Beavis)]

I set both sides to max with the std setup and it handles great but with even tire wear

Would you recommend this for me aka "mr standard" 

I'm going to get my ass in gear the start of june to drop all 4 struts, after we spoke about it, and get that beam and the bushes done to.. saying that, yous got PM 

[rubjonny]

Could be, or perhaps they were set uneven on both sides?  Other issue is if your tires are already quite unevenly worn, changing the camber would make the tire sit differently and affect the tread patch in contact with the road.
My mates car pulled all over the shop and loved tramlining, I set the camber to max and dropped it on coilovers which helped a bit, but he still wasn't happy with it. As soon as he put new tires on up front all was fixed!
Matt: If you're happy with it atm I'd leave it alone, I'd only recommend doing this if you swap your front suspension about, saves you worrying about the front struts being set uneven as both will be at the max.  Of course if your geometry is bent in some way this will be a problem, in this case you would want to get it set by a garage.

I've had the camber set to max -ve ever since I fitted the lowering kit in June, and it handles superbly

[T_J_G]

well with myy wheel sat in centre its a different amount of turns to each lock. Looks like i'll have to get the tracking done on Thursday!

Tim

[bomp]

To set -ve camber you pull the bottom of the hub out and push the top in, to set +ve camber you pull the top out and push the bottom in.  -ve camber is what you want, I set both sides to max with the std setup and it handles great but with even tire wear

If you set it to max with the narrow bolts you'll get quite a bit more and I'd expect you would start to see uneven wear.

Thanks for making it clear, +ve is what I need then, because my past two sets of tyres were worn on the inside.

[rubjonny]

or LESS -ve camber

[mattneck(Beavis)]

Matt: If you're happy with it atm I'd leave it alone, I'd only recommend doing this if you swap your front suspension about, saves you worrying about the front struts being set uneven as both will be at the max.  Of course if your geometry is bent in some way this will be a problem, in this case you would want to get it set by a garage.

Well once the new shocks come I'll look into this, altohugh there is a palce locally that does 4 wheel laser alignment, cameber, etc.. highl recommended, £47 all in, the thing there then would they set it to the book, or would they set it to something where its going to handle rightly? Obviously for me, and the same for anyone I guess, it's gonna be the best balance between wear and handling..

Saying that I sholud check how they are wearing at the front since the hubs and bearings jobber 

[rubjonny]

-1.5 degrees is a good setting, recommended by most to give good handling and even wear