Alignment adjustments after lowering springs
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Alignment adjustments after lowering springs
SO I want to put some RB springs in my car, and in my experience when you put lowering springs in any car, it usually ***** up the camber, which can be adjusted out. However our cars dont have any camber adjustment!
How is the alignment being corrected after lowering?
How is the alignment being corrected after lowering?
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Well, from what Ive heard, you dont really need to worry about it anyway as most people who put the springs on get an increase in height, lol.
~T.J.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, I thought I read somewhere about the tops of the struts being somewhat adjustable stock... I think it might have been in the Haynes manual.
~T.J.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, I thought I read somewhere about the tops of the struts being somewhat adjustable stock... I think it might have been in the Haynes manual.
Last edited by RotorMotorDriver; 11-25-04 at 04:50 AM.
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Yes this is true. However its a very stupid adjustment. It only allows you to adjust it 25 degrees positive or negative. Its one or the other I forget which one.
But I doubt lowering the car will make it EXACTLY 25 degrees off in camber adjustment. I looked on mazdatrix's site and there they sell camber caster adjuster plates. Is that the only way to truely adjust it?
But I doubt lowering the car will make it EXACTLY 25 degrees off in camber adjustment. I looked on mazdatrix's site and there they sell camber caster adjuster plates. Is that the only way to truely adjust it?
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The CODEBLUE car has them. It also has the Racing Beat lowering kit where the top of the strut is actually higher than the stock location (you already knew that, but yeah). I think the 1st gen with the 20B in it across the pond has a similar lowering kit, if not the same.
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Yes this is true. However its a very stupid adjustment. It only allows you to adjust it 25 degrees positive or negative. Its one or the other I forget which one.
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2.5 or .25, or forget which one, probably .25.
But you are correct we can rotate the strut tops. THis offers basically no adjust ment though. One position will adjust the camber .25 degrees, one poition will adjust the caster ,25 degrees, and the last position will adjust both .25 degrees.
Not much of an adjust ment because when you lower it I really doubt its going to be exactly .25 degrees off in camber
But you are correct we can rotate the strut tops. THis offers basically no adjust ment though. One position will adjust the camber .25 degrees, one poition will adjust the caster ,25 degrees, and the last position will adjust both .25 degrees.
Not much of an adjust ment because when you lower it I really doubt its going to be exactly .25 degrees off in camber
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Think about it... 25 deg is halfway to diagonal...
0.25 deg is almost negligable....
2.5 sounds right...
Besides, lowering the car should automagically give you a bit of negative camber... You'd probably wanna correct positively...
0.25 deg is almost negligable....
2.5 sounds right...
Besides, lowering the car should automagically give you a bit of negative camber... You'd probably wanna correct positively...
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thank you I couldnt remember what was what.
Hen you lower the car the front wheels will tilt in (negative)
By rotating the strut top, you can adjust the camber .25 degrees postive by rotating the strut tops.
However, theres know way its gonna be exactly .25 degrees off, which is why im wonderin what everyone else did.
In any alignment spec 2.5 degrees is a HUGE Amount. Its gotta be .25
Hen you lower the car the front wheels will tilt in (negative)
By rotating the strut top, you can adjust the camber .25 degrees postive by rotating the strut tops.
However, theres know way its gonna be exactly .25 degrees off, which is why im wonderin what everyone else did.
In any alignment spec 2.5 degrees is a HUGE Amount. Its gotta be .25
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Originally Posted by hornbm
thank you I couldnt remember what was what.
Hen you lower the car the front wheels will tilt in (negative)
By rotating the strut top, you can adjust the camber .25 degrees postive by rotating the strut tops.
However, theres know way its gonna be exactly .25 degrees off, which is why im wonderin what everyone else did.
In any alignment spec 2.5 degrees is a HUGE Amount. Its gotta be .25
Hen you lower the car the front wheels will tilt in (negative)
By rotating the strut top, you can adjust the camber .25 degrees postive by rotating the strut tops.
However, theres know way its gonna be exactly .25 degrees off, which is why im wonderin what everyone else did.
In any alignment spec 2.5 degrees is a HUGE Amount. Its gotta be .25