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Old Jun 11, 2004 | 05:10 PM
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Camber Correction?

As far as I know, there is no adjustment that can be made for camber on the 4th gen. So what can I do? Is there some kind of camber correction kit out anywhere? I've heard people talk about camber bolts, but I don't know what they are or how they work. I'm on H&R springs and GR2 struts. Anyone else with this setup have camber problems? It's really wearing out my tires.
Old Jun 11, 2004 | 07:34 PM
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If you havent done it already, have your alignment done so that they can fix your "toe" which is what really kills your tires because of the dragging of the inside of your tires.

Eibach makes a camber kit, which replaces your lower-top strut to knuckle bolt. The camber bolt has a little notch which pushes against your strut assembly, and gives you the adjustment that you need.
Old Jun 11, 2004 | 08:46 PM
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Are you sure? I had my allignment done(stealership) and I THOUGHT I only needed to get the TOE corrected. The guy asked me if I was sure that I didn't want the camber done as well. I only had the toe corrected while my camber was left, it was out of spec by just a hair. I know the rear can't be adjusted. OBX also has a camber kit. It was like $20 on ebay.
Old Jun 11, 2004 | 09:01 PM
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when i had my alignment done after lowering, they went ahead and corrected the camber.
Old Jun 11, 2004 | 11:11 PM
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I have the eibach bolts asn it worked fine for camber adjustment. Stillen has camber adjustment plates. I am not sure how much or what benefit you gain from these, but I know they go up to 3 degrees of camber adjustment. Might be worth lookin into if you have a serious drop.
Old Jun 12, 2004 | 07:40 AM
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Well, I was addressing his issue with very fast tire wear. When lowered the length of the tie-rods doesn't change and causes toe-out, which can well off the more you lower the car. You end up dragging your tires down the road a bit sideways. When I went in for alignment, my toe was off by 6 inches, which is really bad and very noticeable by just looking. It looks like the camber is at fault because the tire is running more on the inside, but if you had 0 camber and that much toe a tire would wear just as fast.
Old Jun 12, 2004 | 08:42 AM
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I have Ground Control's/Illumina's with about a 2.5" drop. My tires are **** after about 5k miles. I dropped it myself and never had the algnment done so i know its my fault. Now i'm in the business for some toyo proxes T1-S's. I don't know wether if i should get some sort of camber kit or have the toe and camber adjusted without the kit. any sugg's?
Old Jun 12, 2004 | 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by gtr_rider
Well, I was addressing his issue with very fast tire wear. When lowered the length of the tie-rods doesn't change and causes toe-out, which can well off the more you lower the car. You end up dragging your tires down the road a bit sideways. When I went in for alignment, my toe was off by 6 inches, which is really bad and very noticeable by just looking. It looks like the camber is at fault because the tire is running more on the inside, but if you had 0 camber and that much toe a tire would wear just as fast.
Toe is okay, I had it up on the rack at work the other day. It was a little off, but not too bad, so I adjusted it. The problem I'm having is in the rear, the camber is out and it's starting to wear the inside edge of the tire. It's not a feathered edge, or cupped or anyting. We have a hunter machine with specs in it for pretty much all cars, and it said no adjustments available for rear, toe or camber. I may need to go with the eibach bolts. What's a good price for them.
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SWA has them for $30+tax shipped, but I think you can adjust the camber a LITTLE in the back somehow?
Old Jun 12, 2004 | 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Big D
Are you sure? I had my allignment done(stealership) and I THOUGHT I only needed to get the TOE corrected. The guy asked me if I was sure that I didn't want the camber done as well. I only had the toe corrected while my camber was left, it was out of spec by just a hair. I know the rear can't be adjusted. OBX also has a camber kit. It was like $20 on ebay.
is there a way to correct camber without plates or bolts ?
Old Jun 13, 2004 | 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by gtr_rider
SWA has them for $30+tax shipped, but I think you can adjust the camber a LITTLE in the back somehow?
got me.
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