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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 02 February 2026, 20:23:29
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Hi guys, hope you’re all well.
So I’ve got loads of stuff done in the omega ready for the summer shows.
Following suspension parts being fitted it’s definitely knocked the tracking out. Went on WIM site and it appears they’re no longer going. Anybody know if they’ve moved elsewhere or that them just finito?
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The chap who owned it died a while back.
Maybe it folded after that ?
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Try Black Boots Tyres, Chesham ;)
https://www.protyre.co.uk/garages/black-boots-tyres-chesham-tyres-team-protyre
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I thought WIM set up a network through out the UK
These I thought were linked to them but not 100% sure how far they branch
https://www.blackcircles.com/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=261736696&gclid=CjwKCAiAs4HMBhBJEiwACrfNZRthIUtXvJWlYwl6OhsYMNKRstMXPuynhrmV07_jy3fKjoAG-LKPCBoC-PIQAvD_BwE
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Take the WIM settings to any place that has a Hunter alignment machine and insist they use those settings. ;)
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Hi guys, I'm looking for the correct settings too and I found this topic December 2013
https://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=119981.msg1524628#msg1524628
It sais
just found my last printout.. Target values are ...
Rear camber -2º 05' +/- 0º 40' Cross 0º 00' +/-0º 04
Rear toe 0º 00' +/- 0º 45' Total 0º 20' +/- 0º 10'
Front camber -1º 10' +/- 0º 45' Cross 0º 00' +/- 1º 00'
Front caster 5º 40' +/- 1º 00 cross 0º 00' +/- 1º 00''
Track Diff angle -2º 00' +/- 0º 45'
Front Toe 0º 05' +/- 0º 05' total 0º 10' +/- 0º 10'
Because I bought the car with alignment made 3 months before based on GM values I guess, here are the front tyres after 16000kms :D
(https://i.postimg.cc/kGzNKL5N/IMG-20260203-183815.jpg)
I will replace wishbones, drop links and rear track rods - fOr SuRe as our baguette président sais - then have to find a decent automotive geometry center.
But, are these values okay? Front camber -1º 10' seems a lot ???
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The chap who owned it died a while back.
Maybe it folded after that ?
Tony Bones died? Shit didn’t know that 😢
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Just found post from 2022 about his death. That couldn’t have been much longer after I saw him last with the omega! Shocked.
RIP. Great bloke. And Wgat he did not know about geometry wasn’t worth knowing. I remember reading though his technical papers on his website. Unfortunately no longer accessible via WIM website.
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Hi guys, I'm looking for the correct settings too and I found this topic December 2013
https://www.omegaowners.com/forum/index.php?topic=119981.msg1524628#msg1524628
It sais
just found my last printout.. Target values are ...
Rear camber -2º 05' +/- 0º 40' Cross 0º 00' +/-0º 04
Rear toe 0º 00' +/- 0º 45' Total 0º 20' +/- 0º 10'
Front camber -1º 10' +/- 0º 45' Cross 0º 00' +/- 1º 00'
Front caster 5º 40' +/- 1º 00 cross 0º 00' +/- 1º 00''
Track Diff angle -2º 00' +/- 0º 45'
Front Toe 0º 05' +/- 0º 05' total 0º 10' +/- 0º 10'
Because I bought the car with alignment made 3 months before based on GM values I guess, here are the front tyres after 16000kms :D
(https://i.postimg.cc/kGzNKL5N/IMG-20260203-183815.jpg)
I will replace wishbones, drop links and rear track rods - fOr SuRe as our baguette président sais - then have to find a decent automotive geometry center.
But, are these values okay? Front camber -1º 10' seems a lot ???
Rear camber and track will fall where they can but the Thrust angle MUST be Zero.
Front camber -1°10" no more no less.
Front track Toe in 0°03".
Front caster is variable but should be identical side to side... Tweak by moving the subframe if required.
Unless you like your tyres to end up like the last set.
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Regarding Doctor Gollums personal preference about the front wheels camber, for my experience there can be added little more negative camber to front without having uneven tyre wear. In my daily drive I´ve got 1´56 and in my V6 even 2, only problem that the car is too willing to turn in ;) ;D
A little example about the V6 from the last summer:
https://youtu.be/3YOsoQGfQeo
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Regarding Doctor Gollums personal preference about the front wheels camber, for my experience there can be added little more negative camber to front without having uneven tyre wear. In my daily drive I´ve got 1´56 and in my V6 even 2, only problem that the car is too willing to turn in ;) ;D
A little example about the V6 from the last summer:
https://youtu.be/3YOsoQGfQeo
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Those aren't my settings, but those that Tony created for the Omega at WIM, And yes, I used them on all my Omegas.
That your car is too willing to turn in tells you that the geometry is wrong. Set up right, the Omega is beautifully balanced. And perhaps more importantly, stable.
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Regarding Doctor Gollums personal preference about the front wheels camber, for my experience there can be added little more negative camber to front without having uneven tyre wear. In my daily drive I´ve got 1´56 and in my V6 even 2, only problem that the car is too willing to turn in ;) ;D
A little example about the V6 from the last summer:
https://youtu.be/3YOsoQGfQeo
8)
Those aren't my settings, but those that Tony created for the Omega at WIM, And yes, I used them on all my Omegas.
That your car is too willing to turn in tells you that the geometry is wrong. Set up right, the Omega is beautifully balanced. And perhaps more importantly, stable.
Making the car more understeery doesn´t make it particulary more stable :-\ When your front wheels lose their connection to tarmac/road, you´re lose the incoming feedback as well.
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Regarding Doctor Gollums personal preference about the front wheels camber, for my experience there can be added little more negative camber to front without having uneven tyre wear. In my daily drive I´ve got 1´56 and in my V6 even 2, only problem that the car is too willing to turn in ;) ;D
A little example about the V6 from the last summer:
https://youtu.be/3YOsoQGfQeo
8)
Those aren't my settings, but those that Tony created for the Omega at WIM, And yes, I used them on all my Omegas.
That your car is too willing to turn in tells you that the geometry is wrong. Set up right, the Omega is beautifully balanced. And perhaps more importantly, stable.
Making the car more understeery doesn´t make it particulary more stable :-\ When your front wheels lose their connection to tarmac/road, you´re lose the incoming feedback as well.
With the fine tuned settings, I never found the Omega to be either understeery or oversteery. Just neutral and balanced, with just enough toe to counter the natural dead spot in the steering box
Making it turn in more easily makes it harder to remove steering lock. That said almost all my driving is on paved roads and not snow or gravel, so perhaps your geometry works better for that. :-\
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Can recommend Feltham Tyres www.felthamtyre.co.uk (http://www.felthamtyre.co.uk)