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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 01:27 PM
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More Front Camber

I'm currently trying to fit a set of crown vic's on my car and I'm having trouble getting the fronts to fit right. I have PBM coilovers with the camber plates maxed out on both sides but the left side wheel has significantly less camber than the right and is causing the wheel to poke out too much. I've heard of people grinding their strut tops to allow for more camber. Anyone have any pics of this? Any help is appreciated.
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 01:43 PM
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 02:33 PM
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U using a 5mm spacer?

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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 03:36 PM
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Take the top camber plates to a machine shop and have them elongate the holes.

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If you have S4 front control arms, loosen the bolts that hold the ball joint to the arm and pull the hub outward to maximize negative camber.

You can also get a die grinder and elongate the upper strut mount holes for more negative camber.
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by LargeOrangeFont
If you have S4 front control arms, loosen the bolts that hold the ball joint to the arm and pull the hub outward to maximize negative camber.
Are you talking about the bolts circled in blue? If so, I tried what you said but I don't see how loosening those would allow any adjustment.
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Kyo
Are you talking about the bolts circled in blue? If so, I tried what you said but I don't see how loosening those would allow any adjustment.
There is some slop in the holes. It's not a lot, but having the bolts on the correct side of the slop will add negative camber. You can also do this with the strut bolts.
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 08:31 PM
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There was a good amount of slop in the lower strut bolts and dialing that in resolved my uneven camber issue. Thanks a lot!
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Old Nov 1, 2014 | 10:29 PM
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Old Nov 2, 2014 | 09:08 AM
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