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Just got new tires and wheels put on today. When I look at the passenger side rear wheel (305/30x19) the tire looks nice and flush with the body line while looking from the rear of the car. But on the driver side I could swear the tire is about a 1/4" outside the body line. The last alignment I got I asked for and got a Z06 alignment. Would that explain different camber from one side of the car to the other?
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No... There are plus and minus tolerances but NOTHING that would be visually different even if each side were set at an extreme opposite of the tolerance range.
Is your car sitting on a flat and level area?
Is your car sitting on a flat and level area?
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Just got new tires and wheels put on today. When I look at the passenger side rear wheel (305/30x19) the tire looks nice and flush with the body line while looking from the rear of the car. But on the driver side I could swear the tire is about a 1/4" outside the body line. The last alignment I got I asked for and got a Z06 alignment. Would that explain different camber from one side of the car to the other?
On an 18" wheel approximately .300" equals to 1 degree of camber. If the distance is greater on top, the camber setting is considered to be negative. You can use this information to either adjust it yourself or take it back to the shop and ask why it's off.
Last edited by ipuig; Sep 8, 2010 at 07:31 AM.
