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Old Sep 21, 2004 | 07:25 PM
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Unhappy Alignment woes

So I take my 85 in to get and alignment today with the idea of getting the following:
4 degress caster
2 degrees negative camber
1mm toe in

Now I've heard on the web that these settings should be possible from stock components, and I've got an Eibach prokit and Tokico blues on there too so I thought the camber shouldn't be a problem. Well a problem it is, turns out the max I can get is like negative .6 degrees passenger side and positive .4 degrees on the driver's side. Now these numbers are with me out of the car, would it change much with me in? The other confusing part is that my right rear corner appears to be higher than the left after swapping the springs, but it didn't effect the alignment at all, could this be my problem?
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Grant (really hopeing to not need a camber kit)
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Old Sep 21, 2004 | 08:55 PM
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Hi Grant,

Don't know if this will help but my series 2 is 4.5 castor, 1.5mm toe in, and like you say max camber available with stock setup is bout .5, people also told me I would be able to get 1 - 2 degrees camber, but not so without adjustable tops or arms..

Love the way mine drives now.

Cheers Sue
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Old Sep 22, 2004 | 11:33 AM
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if the ride height is un-even re-check the installation..
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Old Sep 22, 2004 | 07:05 PM
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Checked again and ride height looks fine on level ground, I actually think it's one of my rear fenders thats a little off, also could be weight differential side to side because the difference might be 1/8" or so, not too bad. As an aside, the car is handling much better even with this set-up and I'll probably just keep it like this. With the additional caster I should get better camber gain under compression anyway.
Grant
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