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Re: rear camber adjustment
« Reply #15 on: December 15, 2009, 10:21:52 pm »
I didnt fit the coilovers myself no. So im unsure of how and why the rear alignment is out. Ive fitted 215/40/18's to try and pull the sidewalls in abit, but to be honest its the passenger side of the car where the wheels rub??

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Re: rear camber adjustment
« Reply #16 on: December 15, 2009, 10:34:28 pm »
I didnt fit the coilovers myself no. So im unsure of how and why the rear alignment is out. Ive fitted 215/40/18's to try and pull the sidewalls in abit, but to be honest its the passenger side of the car where the wheels rub??

I would follow Pazz advice and go and get a full alignment check sounds strange.  :happy2:

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Re: rear camber adjustment
« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2009, 10:15:18 am »
as others have said, take it to somewhere that has wheel alignment tools,
The cam bolts don't take much to move the wheel quite lot (they adjust in the range of +.07 to -4 iirc)
the bolt Jonny mentioned adjusts the tow of the wheel, there is another cam bolt on the inner mounting of the top arm, but its a right barstuard to get to!
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Re: rear camber adjustment
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2009, 11:29:35 pm »
+.07 to -4 iirc

Are you sure?!  :surprised:  :rolleye:

That is insane for a stock part to allow that much adjustment. -4 degree's is crazy negative camber.

EDIT:

For reference Jimmy you are looking for somewhere that does this or has a system with the same level of detail.

« Last Edit: December 17, 2009, 11:32:34 pm by pazz »

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Re: rear camber adjustment
« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2009, 11:37:23 pm »
I've stolen the pic from google images.

Funny to see that it says he has "abnormal front tyre wear".

Which will probably be down to the -1 degree 08' camber running on the left front.

The rear end looks a bit of a mess camber wise too.

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Re: rear camber adjustment
« Reply #20 on: December 17, 2009, 11:40:30 pm »
Some garages use the old fashioned light beam setups, but I'm not personally a fan as you cant get all the measurements up on one screen.

I'd trust a garage with a Hunter system aslong as the guy doing the job knows how to use it.