alignment #s

11.2 said

i had a close look at my tires and the driver side is wearing excessively on the inside of the tire. i'll take car in and start from scratch and i will be certain to get the positive and negatives written down.
should i stay with 3 degrees positve caster if thats what i already have or should i get a little more ?

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If the inside of the driver's tire is wearing excessively you've got something else going on.

Caster isn't a tire wearing adjustment. Camber is, but not at -.5*. I have the camber on my challenger at -.9*, and don't have visible camber wear on the tires after tens of thousands of miles. If you're already seeing tire wear, something is seriously out of wack. And the alignment #'s that were given to you wouldn't suggest that, so something may have moved since you had it aligned.

Are your lower control arm bushings new? How about the tie rod ends? Lower ball joint? I assume the upper control arm bushings and ball joint are new, since you've gone tubular.

As far as the caster goes, +3 is fine. You can run more if you can get it because you have a power steering box, but it isn't necessary. But again, that's NOT causing your tire wear problems, you have something else going on there.