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Fixing Rear Camber on a Lowered FC...

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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 10:44 PM
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Fixing Rear Camber on a Lowered FC...

I lowered my FC by about 1.5” in the rear and, as expected, the rear camber is all messed up.

I roughly measured my rear camber (with a tape measure and trigonometry) as -5° and some say it could be as high as -10°.

I have heard that the adjustable links from Mazdatrix; only claim 2.5° of camber compensation. Is this correct?

If so: What do I do about the rest of the camber?

Thanks,
-Jason
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Old Sep 30, 2004 | 11:07 PM
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nadda...... its there to stay!! that is why you dont lower your car 3" like me!! tire wear up the yin-yang
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 12:59 AM
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You can drill new mounting points for the links... there is pictures around here somewhere on the forum... I'll find 'em if I find time...
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 02:40 AM
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5-10 deg neg camber from a less than 2" lowering, WOW. Sounds like a lot to me.
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 03:05 AM
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Don't lower the car that much...duh.

Unless you want to major reconstruction to the rear suspension system, there is no way to lower the car that much.

Why do you need the car that low in the first place?
Are you building a race car?
Or you still driving on the street?
If this is a street car, it's a nuisance and dangerous to be driving such a low car - it damages the roads and damages your car.
It might be a big bragging right to have such a low vehicle, but you're endangering yourself and others by doing so...


-Ted
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 03:10 AM
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he wants to look like the GPSports ride..


sccccccrrrrrrraaaaaaape!

I'd hate to be a road biscuit in the path of that one!!
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 04:11 AM
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Adjustable links?
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Old Oct 1, 2004 | 10:46 PM
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i need to find some lowering springs to raise my car back up. My stockers seemed to have sagged so low that the gap between the wheel well and the fenders is almost nothing. camber is crazy too. ack...
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