rear tires seem to angle inward

[tita]

i installed the tokico spring & shocks and my rear tires seem to angle inward. do i need to get some camber links to straighten them out? tokico advertises the drop of their springs to be only 1.25 inches.

[F22-Raptor]

No you should be able to go get your car aligned and be fine. Actually if you don't do anything about it your tires will wear slightly to one side..When you go to 1.75 and above then you might think about camber links until then they should be able to just pull it out.

[nate22]

better known as "camber"

[Mistrimeat]

DO NOT BUY CAMBER LINKS. Your rear suspension if FULLY adjustable and able to be aligned back to spec with up to a 2" drop. If the shop tries to tell you it can't be done, go somewhere else, because they don't know what they are doing. Unfortunately, with today's modern equipment, any monkey can operate an alignment machine. Just look around and find a reputable shop.

[triflowm5]

most good sports cars have some amount of camber on the rear wheels to help with rotational mass around the center point...less tire sticking to the ground, easier it is to bring the end around. A way to cause a bit of oversteer

[NoCones]

Originally posted by triflowm5
most good sports cars have some amount of camber on the rear wheels to help with rotational mass around the center point...less tire sticking to the ground, easier it is to bring the end around. A way to cause a bit of oversteer
Uh...not really. I'm not sure what you're talking about with the rotational mass thing, but...

Most good sports cars have some amount of static negative camber on the rear wheels (or fronts, for that matter) so that under dynamic loading, the outside wheels are close to vertical, providing a nice contact patch on that tire, and lessening the likelihood of rolling onto the shoulder or sidewall of the tire.

In most cases in most cars, increasing negative camber in the rear will lessen the tendency to oversteer not cause it.

That said, the Celica may actually be an exception to that rule.

[nate22]

I took mine to a couple different places..i actually had to friggin point out the camber adjustment links to a national, tire and battery tech once..too funny.....

[virulosity]

when you say inward make sure you are not talking about toe in. The GT-S rear suspension will toe in/out under expansion/compression respectively (effectively encouraging oversteer under hard cornering). If you have tampered with your suspension and are experiencing toe problems, this can cause you some serious tire wear.