George Macdonald wrote:
> On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:33:46 -0700, alan <no-longer-valid@yahoo.com> wrote:

>>So I measured the toe today with a tape measure (accuracy ~1/16"), and
>>there might be 1/8-3/16 of toe out, as measured between the lower front
>>and read edges of the tires (i.e. measured the tires at 4.5 o'clock and
>>7.5 o'clock coz otherwise bits of the underbody get in the way. I
>>cranked the tie rods a bit, and it is better now. In your experience,
>>how much did the suspersion on your Integra toe out with time? Also,
>>does it continue to toe out over the life of the car?
>
>
> Hard to say - my '92 Integra suffered a broken spring at ~60K miles which
> didn't help to keep track of wear characteristics and an eventual change of
> shocks(KYB GR-2s)/springs(OE), after the other front spring broke, muddied
> things even more. IIRC I turned the tie-rods out once on our '90 Civic in
> ~120K miles, fairly early in its life, since I was sure it came from the
> factory with toe-out at the limit.
>
> Rgds, George Macdonald
>
> "Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??

When I bought the car at 48K, it had a small amount of toe out, which
was fixed when I got new tires. I re-measured the toe at 55K and got
the above numbers. However, I do drive the car a lot harder than the
previous owner. Is this amount of toe-out abnormal after such a short time?