Had and alignment - skittish?

[Coaster]

Originally Posted by thstone

I am going to guess that the new toe settings might be part of the cause. Your car went from having very high toe in to nearly zero toe.

Zero toe tends to free up the car and can feel skittish or darty and require almost constant corrections to keep the car driving in a straight line. On the positive side, zero toe also reduces understeer and greatly improves corner turn in.

Which toe are you referring too, front or back? It does feel like it requires more constant correction, especially since I drive in a (relatively) straight line most of the time.

[opus69]

I did not see any mention of tire pressure. Tire shops frequently inflate to a higher limit for better tire wear. It would not be improbable that they inflated from and rear equally. Over inflated fronts will give a bouncy ride. Mine are 29 psi front and 35 psi rear.

[Coaster]

Originally Posted by opus69

I did not see any mention of tire pressure. Tire shops frequently inflate to a higher limit for better tire wear. It would not be improbable that they inflated from and rear equally. Over inflated fronts will give a bouncy ride. Mine are 29 psi front and 35 psi rear.

Good point I'll fill up today and check them when I do.

[thstone]

Originally Posted by Coaster

Which toe are you referring too, front or back? It does feel like it requires more constant correction, especially since I drive in a (relatively) straight line most of the time.

Both front and rear toe were reduced. Front to zero and rear to nearly zero. That was the biggest change that saw in your alignment numbers and so I am not surprised that you notice it.

[jrj3rd]

Originally Posted by thstone

Both front and rear toe were reduced. Front to zero and rear to nearly zero. That was the biggest change that saw in your alignment numbers and so I am not surprised that you notice it.

This. 12 degrees toe would have required effort to turn that car. Dialing it back makes it respond like a Porsche and not a econo appliance....