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Old Aug 20, 2006 | 10:46 PM
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camber issue, what should I check?

Alright so I went in for an alignment and came out with poor camber results (although everything else was good)...

Front Drivers = -1.0
Front Pass = -1.8

the maximum specified camber is -1.0 for my generation maxima....so i'm off by -0.8 degrees on the passenger...and the drivers side is right on the edge...

is there anything I should look for?

- Worn out upper strut bearing?
- Loose bolts?
- etc, etc

I just want to know if theres some simple way to get it back into spec...without actually buying a camber kit...
Old Aug 20, 2006 | 11:53 PM
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is your car lowered? if yes, that's your source of camber problems.
Old Aug 21, 2006 | 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by FriscoMaxima
is your car lowered? if yes, that's your source of camber problems.
it's lowered on eibach springs...these are very mild springs and shouldn't throw off camber by this much, no? i'm also running tokico blue struts
Old Aug 21, 2006 | 01:48 AM
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you can try and mess with the suspension but meh.


loosen the bolts, toss a jack under it, ever so slightly jack it up. just look for what you can do to help it



or tear out the suspension, replace with torsion bars or something
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How many miles on the car? Lower control arm and ball joint wear could cause this.
Old Aug 21, 2006 | 08:14 AM
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How many miles on the car? Lower control arm and ball joint wear could cause this.
i've got 51k on the car...isn't this too early?
Old Aug 21, 2006 | 09:10 AM
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i've got 51k on the car...isn't this too early?
Never know. Just listed possibilities. Check bushings on swaybar endlinks, etc. also.
Old Aug 21, 2006 | 10:59 AM
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Never know. Just listed possibilities. Check bushings on swaybar endlinks, etc. also.
anymore possibilities you can think of? also is there anything else i look for besides cracking of the bushing?
Old Aug 21, 2006 | 12:41 PM
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anymore possibilities you can think of? also is there anything else i look for besides cracking of the bushing?

This prob happened when you installed the springs. You can loosen everything up and retighten once back in the proper place. It's a fairly common, although harmless, problem when lowering cars.
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