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Originally Posted by killsw1tch
If you had 0mm toe in the rear then at highway speed the friction from the road will pull your tires rearward resulting in negative toe. This can cause wandering and undesirable steering effects.
On the front wheels you have the engine driving them forward so this results in more positive toe at highway speeds, the torque from the engine pulls them forward. That's why you want 0mm toe on the front.
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What friction dude? Zero toe = minimal rolling resistance.
The rates on those bushing are a heck of a lot higher than anything that would deflect significantly with a force as low as rolling resistance.
Dynamic toe change is designed to react to the aligning torque of the tire (side loads), these forces are significantly higher than tangential forces like rolling resistance. On top of that, the scrub radius of the front sus. is not high enough to make a force like engine torque or even braking torque have a measureable impact to dynamic toe.
The reason Honda spec's toe in on the rear is for stability. It would be zero like the front if it could be since zero toe gives the best mileage. The rear toe adjust bolt should be able to achieve -ve toe. At stock height it is centered on 0.04-IN.
-SWRT