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Old 05-08-04, 01:37 AM
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rear camber link question.

i might buy one of these soon, anyways, my question, is can it bring my -2.0 rear camber to -1.0 or less? because i'm shooting for less camber in rear than front. like -1.1 for front and -.9 or less for rear. also, what should my caster setting be?
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should get it close to -1 range is around .75 - 1 change I think... stock is -1 I think. anything between -1 and -2 isn't bad.
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yah but i dont want too much tire wear. do u think -1.0 on rear and -1.2 on front will have not too much tire wear? and will have good balance? im trying to get rid of understeer.
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and what does dimpling the cloor pan mean? says i need to do that to double the results...
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i have about -1.0 with a rear adjestable link but if i want it closer to 0 i get subframe bumpping on the chassis.
i have racing beat springs and kyb shocks
the car has about 1 -1.4 inch drop.

it was @ -2.5 before i installed it
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oh ok, that sounds good.

also, i noticed that my rear shocks are really bouncy. after i plan on getting the alignment fine, i plan on driving to the shop where i got them and replacing it if it's bad. if i replace the car with new shocks, and its not bouncy anymore, will that ruin the alignment and i'll have to go back to align it again?
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bump..
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change the shocks first
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Originally posted by Scott 89t2
change the shocks first
yea, your bad shocks may sag, causing you to have more camber than you would have with good shocks
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will driving 40 miles with -2.0 camber eat my tires?
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no.. maybe if it was at -5.

camber barly causes any wear. it's toe that does it.

I've been runing -2.5 front and -1.5 camber for 2 years and unequal wear is barly noticeable
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really....? hmmm.... the thing is tho, i want less camber in the rear then the front... i dont think i can get the front camber to -2.5 without camber plates. will rotating and adjusting the front struts get me to that?
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