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Front & Rear Camber?

Front & Rear Camber?

Has anyone worked on the front Camber, I just went though a set of tires

The only thing I was glad about was a rear flat that alerted me to this Danger

I had over a 1/4 an inch of tread on the outsides of the tires, but not on the inside

Needles to say New tires and a front alinement was in order. I was told that the front was in spec, and informed of the .1 neg. camber was built in for better handling.
Has anyone done a camber add on. I have seen allot of innovative adjusters on the web and in catalogs, Do they work? is there one that will be easy to install.
I will not be doing any tracking just allot of commuting (

) at lest not on the track. you know just spirited driving.
Thanks
Mike

Reply » Front & Rear Camber?

How many miles have you driven on your old set of tires?

Adding positive camber will throw in lots of understeer and throw off the balance of the car at higher corner forces.

I've had to re-mount tires to swap them left and right. This puts the old outside on the inside of the tire to even out the wear.

the other option is the drive around corners faster to wear out the outside more evenly.

If you are worried about tire wear, then do some research to find a higher treadwear rating on the tires.

The front camber is not too adjustable from the factory. You either need to add aftermarket camber plates or pull out a dremel to slot the holes for the strut top hats.

Reply » Front & Rear Camber?

Actually for front camber adjustments, Turner has a kit. It consists of a few longer bolts and spacers for the bottom of the strut where it mounts to the steering upright.

Camber alone doesn't wear tires unevenly, camber plus too much TOE does. Toe, in or out, makes the tires scrub sideways while traveling down th road. This causes the wear.

Make sure the front toe is close to 0. The rear is not really adjustable, but you can Irelend Engineering camber and toe kits to make it fully adjustable. The KMAC adjustable bushings slip and are NOT a good idea.

Reply » Front & Rear Camber?

forgot about the spacer thing. Some grade 8 washers and longer bolts should do the trick.

Reply » Front & Rear Camber?

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The KMAC adjustable bushings slip and are NOT a good idea.

They have modified the design -- that and I have an alignment guy who cranks them down effectively. I'll bring 6 month alignment specs to HC supporting the case.

That said, however, I'd go with the IE ones these days myself.

Reply » Front & Rear Camber?

Don't what to start a pissing match....

I thought that more then a degree or so of camber will cause more tire squirm (or whatever it is called, can't remember) as the tire rolls over the ground. A given spon on the tire will travel through an arc as the tire rolls and deforms slightly on the ground. So even zero dynamic toe with higher camber will cause tire wear.

(BTW, still learning the suspension on the 3 series derived chassis, I'm used to the e39 setup....)

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