After installing the coilovers I took the car to get aligned. I wanted to try some street settings, just a lttle bit more agressive than stock in order to take advantage of the coilovers, hopefully without confusing the difference in handling. Since it is winter time here and there has been some snow, I kept it relatively conservative. One interesting thing to note that I had not though of was that in order to chieve these numbers, the front camber plates were not set evenly, but asymmetrically. This could be due to the stock lower camber bolts not being identical, or weight distribution, I don't know. The goal was to have something relatively neutral so I could more easily recognize results and adjustment from the coilovers.
I did not try to align for any significant oversteer, as I want to first see how the handling responds to damping changes, and also how the bigger Progress rear bar affects body roll.
These are the settings I am trying for daily street driving and street "coilover tuning" (messing around):
Naturally, once I am better acquainted with the suspension and effects on handling, I will try more aggressive settings when I put the stickier tires back on.
