Smug Monkey

Hello all!

I just purchased a CPO 2010 Mustang V6. While looking at the car from different angles yesterday I noticed that the front tires appear to have a negative camber angle. The rear tires look perfectly vertical. This may be an optical illusion due to the way the front tires fit under the front fenders but I am not sure?

Since this car is a Ford CPO and there does not appear to be any irregular wear to the inside of the tires I would assume that it is normal. I would like some opinions from other 2010 V6 owners or anyone else for that matter. Any input would be appreciated!

Thanks for your time, and a great forum!

Mark

BlackBetty

Stock camber spec is -.75 degrees I believe, so you're probably OK. Rear should be close to zero camber.

Derf00

is the car lowered? cpo doesnt mean unmodified.

Smug Monkey

The car has nearly 19,000 miles on it and has 215/60/17 BF Goodrich Traction T/A tires that are OE equipment. The car has not been lowered.

I called a Ford dealership and talked to a tech. who did say that anything up to -.75 camber was in spec. with Ford documentation. With 19,000 miles on the tires and no sign of cupping or any other abnormal wear everything appears to be fine. The car tracks fine and there is no unusual vibrations.

I may just stop by an alignment shop and have them check it out.

Thanks
Mark

Norm Peterson

Either your tech was mis-informed or he was talking down at you.

Factory spec is -0.75° (preferred) with a tolerance of 0.75° either way from there. IOW, anything from 0.0° to -1.5° is "within spec" as far as Ford's limits before having to adjust anything are concerned.

If you can find a reasonably flat area to set up on, you can very easily measure your own camber closely enough for all practical purposes with a digital angle finder (or even just a level, a small scale, and a little trig).

That said, if you do end up getting your camber reset - which is going to involve some custom work of one sort or another - you should probably get the setting made that suits your driving rather than just blindly set to -0.75°. The harder that you take corners (on average), the more negative you'll probably want it. If you're mild-mannered through the turns but use the brakes pretty hard a lot, maybe a little less negative. Use camber plates, not "camber bolts". They're more money, but there is a very good reason.

Norm