how much toe in

[WowixD]

i have destroy extended beams with 14'' king coilovers on my 97 ranger. how much in inches should my front tires be toe'd in? thanks.

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[matt_helton]

i think 1/8inch is good.

[beamdream]

Perry has always suggested that I run 1/4 inch toe in. 1/4 --- 1/8 so close to really even tell

[matt_helton]

thanks for setting me straight, craig. my bad.

[Kritter]

It should be in degrees.... .25 with 33's is not the same as .25 with 35s etc....

[Jack]

But with bigger tires you need more toe in. so .25 still works

[frankh]

I have always heard it has more to do with top speed then tire size. I have 33' bfg and I set it for 1/8.

[desertracer]

We have 35's on the front of our car and we run 1/8'' of toe in (pretty much what all jimco's run) and it works fine, I'm sure it is even more important on a daily driver though.

[Kritter]

"But with bigger tires you need more toe in. so .25 still works"

if I understand what you are saying...that is exactly why toe is in degrees...then tire size does not matter, but you are correct that the bigger the tire the larger number of inches is required to achive the same degree of toe.

Degrees is exact, toe is ambigous because it is tire dependent is all I am trying to say. Sorry...just wanted to make it clear.

[curt]

OK toe in or toe out....For years we always ran a little bit of toe in for the desert, it's the way I always heard works the best. Patty was complaining that the truck would rotate a little bit at speed on flat out roads and she'd always have to work the wheel to keep it straight but it still left a "skatey" feeling like it wasn't getting into the road. Early this year we heard exactly the opposite, use the 1/8"-1/4" of toe-out so we tried it and the truck feels much more stable at speed and now feels stuck to the road allowing a few more MPH without feeling sketchy. I know what both do but is there a theory why one is good or better than the other? Thanks, Curt