So you've lowered your FC and installed a rear camber adjuster or the adjustable rear camber links. Now it's time to fix that camber!

Do you take it to an alignment shop, use a camber gauge, or just eye-ball it??

I'm interested in adjusting camber and toe accurately and affordably, just wondering if the Fastrax Adjustable Camber Gauge is the answer.
What do you think??? Anyone used anything simular???

Cost is approx. $150

 

A buddy of mine and I split the cost on a smartcamber. Similar idea but uses an electronic level with a display that's good to .1 degree accuracy. Works great, if a little spendy. How much is this thing?

 

It won't work on all wheel types, it needs a bit of a lip to grab on to.

 

The smartcamber digital adjuster looks nice.
I have a pretty aggresive drop on my ride so I am going to order the independent adjustment links from AWR.
There should be enough of a lip on my rim, glad you pointed that out!

 

very cool.

 

Be careful with those individual adjusters. Unless you've got spherical bearings on your rear control arms you're going to be twisting the bishing pivot axis which will cause binding in the suspension which is bad. If you're trying to adjust out the kind of camber you get from a big drop it'll be really bad. You want to use a subframe links and use the individual ones to adjust out the uneven camber from the link, or don't use them at all.

 

Thanks Black91n/a.
I recall reading about this in one of your posts I had read earlier while doing some searching but I didn't look into it any further at the time...

I just came across this post,
https://www.rx7club.com/suspension-wheels-tires-brakes-20/lf-fc-camber-kit-647662/
the drop on my car is actually almost identical to this pic! Slammmed!

Right now, my ride is mainly for street with the intension of getting it set up for the occasional track day.
So, you're saying, if I install ONLY the pair of rear camber adjusters I would need spherical bearings??
but, if I were to install the single bar type adjustment link (using the pair of rear individual camber adjusters to make minor changes to one side or the other) I'll be OK???

If this is the case, I should order the single bar type link for now.
Will it allow for removing that much camber? Thanks for all the info!!

 

That's exactly what I did, adjust the camber out using the rod and even it using the individual adjusters. It shouldn't be too far off using the rod, but for the track it's best to be able to adjust each seperately. Make sure to adjust evenly and oppositely so that both sides have the same stress on the bushings for even handling.

The single link may not be able to get out that much camber, but it'll at very least reduce the stress on the bushings. Flatout Motorsports sells one for the best price I've seen anywhere of an on-car adjustable one.

 

I use a Sears Craftsman digital level, it can display in degrees.

For toe, I followed the BMW guys
http://www.pelicanparts.com/BMW/tech...ome_toe_in.htm

 

I made toe plates and a gamber gauge adapter out of some 1/8" steel plate. It's cheap, strong and won't bend. The toe plates are just 9"x24" flat plates with slots, much like the ones in the link. My camber plate is just a plate that fits in the lip of my track wheels to adapt my racer friend's longacre camber gauge with a magnetic base.