Shep 1.8T

that being said I have heard some negative things about AWE's CPP links. What are some good recommendations? Thanks. BTW, I did get the car aligned after I lowered it.

Here are the specs.

Left front
-1.0 camber
4.8 caster
0.27 toe

right front
-1.2 camber
5.1 caster
-0.56 toe

Wear in the rear looks fine. I have specs for them as well, if needed.

ryoung

Since toe is off badly, I hope it's the "before".

I don't know what the book specifies for the A4, but camber and caster both seem fine to me. With those toe results, though, to drive straight down a road, you'll be turning the steering wheel enough to the left to have the same -0.15 toe-out left and right,

(0.27+(-0.56))/2= -0.15

That's a bit on the high side, and combined with any negative camber, will tend to wear the inside of your front tires.

FWIW, the alignment specs for the S8 front are

Camber: -1.6
Caster: 3.6 (actual, no spec, but more is better)
Toe: +0.1 (+ is toe-in)

I ran 2-1/2 years with these specs, and tire wear was dead square even. At my last alignment, I had toe set to zero.

Shep 1.8T

no way to adjust toe AFAIK.

ryoung

Toe should be adjustable with the tie-rods; I'd be very very surprised (shocked actually) if it's not on the A4.

You might be confusing this with camber. On the A8/S8, total camber is fixed, but you can adjust how much is on one side or the other by shifting the entire front subframe left or right. For example: 0.0/-2.0 left/right camber can be changed to -1.0/-1.0

Shep 1.8T

i'll look into it.

ryoung

How often do you rotate tires? I've been rotating mine at 3000 miles.

skabaru

only really even it between the 2 sides.

I would recheck the toe, which is adjustable.... you don't have enough camber to affect tire wear THAT much, but toe can mess it up too...

Matt E.

I got some crazy inside tire wear after lowering and it turned out to be toe causing the problem.

Shep 1.8T

yeah. I will look into the toe issue.