Too much toe - is it a bad thing?
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The lower control arm snapped the other week (after going over a speed bump), I replaced both sides with adjustable control arms which are stronger than the OEM version.
I paid a visit to a local laser alignment company and they duly set up the suspension according to the manufacturer specs.
The problem I have is that both rear wheels now toe out at quite an aggressive angle.
Being that the new control arms are adjustable, I could opt to hop under the car and straighten them up, but then I got to thinking... The car's been set up per the manufacturers recommendations - they (VW) must have tested various iterations of suspension setups and established that the aggressive toe out must be beneficial to handling (despite causing premature wear to the inside of the tyre).
So, is too much toe a bad thing? Should I neutralise the toe since I very rarely drive the vehicle to its limits?
I paid a visit to a local laser alignment company and they duly set up the suspension according to the manufacturer specs.
The problem I have is that both rear wheels now toe out at quite an aggressive angle.
Being that the new control arms are adjustable, I could opt to hop under the car and straighten them up, but then I got to thinking... The car's been set up per the manufacturers recommendations - they (VW) must have tested various iterations of suspension setups and established that the aggressive toe out must be beneficial to handling (despite causing premature wear to the inside of the tyre).
So, is too much toe a bad thing? Should I neutralise the toe since I very rarely drive the vehicle to its limits?
kambites said:
Blim_bug said:
Nope, not camber (from my limited understanding), toe out = the top of the wheel sits further into the arch (towards the centre of the car) whilst the bottom of the wheel sticks out more?
No, that's negative camber that your'e describing. OK, so is too much negative camber a bad thing?
doogz said:
Yeah, that's camber.
Toe is the angle the wheel is steering at, basically.
You were describing both of your rear wheels steering out the way, "agressively"
Are those Beetles FWD yeah?
This Beetle is AWD - well to a certain extent - FWD until slip detected, then shunts power to the rear (Haldex).Toe is the angle the wheel is steering at, basically.
You were describing both of your rear wheels steering out the way, "agressively"
Are those Beetles FWD yeah?
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