Iv booked my car to have the wheel alignment checked in a couple of weeks due to the car feeling abit unpredictable when driving straight.

Iv read that not having the correct toe in/toe out can have a major effect on straight line stability.

Can anyone recommend how much toe I should have both front and rear. Iv been told that 0.5-1.0 toe in is roughly where I need to be. Can anyone confirm this or recommend.

Will be interesting to see what reading we get at the garage.

Cheers

Really depends on what car you have ,you really need four wheel alignment done if you have fully adjustable suspension

0.5 to 1 in is ok front
0.0 to 0.5 rear
Then it's about how the car feels

As already suggested, what car is it? Many things can affect the car , the best thing I ever did with mine was take it to Procomp for a full suspension set up
They did find that it had a small bit of toe out at the rear which due to lack of time they weren't able to correct as my car only has camber adjustment on the rear. Correcting that at a later date made a huge difference

It's a locost with fully adjustable independent suspension. Rose joint all round.


[Edited on 1/7/15 by craig_thomas]

if its got rose joints parallel on the front, a tad toe in on the rear, if rubber then a tad both ends 0.5 degrees.

Dialling out bump steer made the biggest difference to straight line stability on mine.

0.25 degrees across the axle on the front
Any more and the tyres and steering response will suffer.
At the rear get as close to 0.25 toe-in per wheel as possible