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Hi Tony, My car was in WiM yesterday for setup. rears were toeing out 04' & 07' and front ns 09' out and os 07' in. now rears are toe in 05' & 03' and front 00' & 01' in. Cambers all ok and at lower end of range. Joe advised me this will be better for tyre wear and also economy which I hadn't considered. Car better to drive now, it was ok before but now more precise steering and feel on the road. So thanks to all.

Do you have settings which are more suitable for motorway driving rather than the twisty stuff?

Thanks for your reply Tony. I don't know any of the geometry angles but on a straight road I assume the car is running with -ve camber and toe in at the rear. So its got more weight on the inner band of tread and combined with the toe in results in scrubbing of the inner treads. Do your revised angles fall within the Lexus tolerances and what effect will new settings have on straight line stability and turn in etc? The Octavia vRS had similar problem and iirc the camber and toe were both reduced and rear tyre wear was not an issue. In the past I've had to discover the best settings for the scooby and the vRS and always had to make sure the local alignment tyre people adjusted to the settings I wanted and not just within the wide tolerances of the car manufacturer. Do I need to make appointment or just turn up and wait? Mike

Hi all, I'm a new owner of 2015 Lexus is 300h F Sport and I notice the inner tread band of both the rear wheels is wearing a lot more than the rest of the tyre width. The cars done just over 11000 miles and is on original Bridgestone Turanza all round and I've driven the last 3000. After a bit of googling it seems the earlier IS300's had a similar tyre wear problem and you guys sorted it out. I use the car for motorway journeys so I guess the wheels need to stand up straighter ie reduce the -ve camber. After years of Impreza and Octavia vRS I'd thought I'd escaped the 4 wheel alignment with you guys but here I go again. Hopefully you guys can sort this out for me with some more appropriate geometry. Regards, Mike

Update: At the time of my first post I had just come back from driving in France and previously had just had new replacement Goodyears on the front and there were nearly new Kumho KU39's on rear, which was how I bought the car. In France, however, I had inadvertently driven over a high kerb and back in UK I discovered a deep cut in one of the rear Kumhos and was about to have two new Goodyears on the rear. This has now been done with Hunter realignment and the car drives a lot better and seems more composed on motorway. I kept the settings similar to previous with just a touch less rear camber @ -1deg 17min ea side. There is definitely a better ride with the Goodyears on rear too and it makes me think there was an incompatibiity between the Kumhos and the Goodyears. The technician commented on the "large amount of rear camber" and did I want to reduce it further. Is there a case for reducing camber when doing mainly motorway miles? I just got back from a 15 mile fast motorway run and the temperature of the inside tread band felt a little warmer than the rest of the tread but I guess this isn`t unusual.

Thanks for your reply. My concerns are with motorway driving at speed. I see that steering assist cannot be tweaked to give lighter or heavier steering but I was wondering if the settings above could be adjusted to give a more planted feel to the car. Also I was dismayed to discover the wheel/tyre weighs in at 54lbs compared to the 16" spare which is 38lbs, and I want to know if running on these would improve things.

Hi Chaps, What's the latest on recommended camber and toe settings for 2012 Octavia vRS Tdi DSG? The last settings I had done were: Each side Front Camber -0deg 35min Toe +0deg 05min Rear Camber -1deg 20min Toe +0deg 08min Is this still okay? Car used mainly motorways and would like a more "planted" feel at 80+ so can settings be changed to improve this although it may just be the car's inherent design of stiff suspension, lead weight Neptunes (54lbs would you believe) and EPS. Tyres new 225/40/18 92Y XL Goodyear F1 assy2 all round. Regards