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Old 02-25-11, 01:38 AM
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Question Negetave camber in one side!!

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I recently installed s-tein on my 2006 GS awd...
I went yesterday to do alignment, corrected toe on all
But the front camber was negetaive and he corrected the left to 0.50 but he was not able to correct the right, the best he got was 1.60!! This was the max I was surprised of this,,what could be the reason.. Springs were installed perfectly..and im running on oem 18" rims
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He adjusted camber on your GS?????? How?
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Originally Posted by designo
He adjusted camber on your GS?????? How?
Yub, front only. I will try to take pic
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The car isn't perfectly balanced so usally one side is lower than the other and the lower the suspension compresses the more camber you gain. This is the main reason I changed from springs to coilovers I'm -2.1&-2.4 lol
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i dont know what is the name of this thing but this is what he was playing with to adjust the camber
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Originally Posted by lkapimp216
The car isn't perfectly balanced so usally one side is lower than the other and the lower the suspension compresses the more camber you gain. This is the main reason I changed from springs to coilovers I'm -2.1&-2.4 lol
but can this make the car out of range on one side only?????
even if its not perfectly balanced, it should be slightly lower from side to side and this shouldnt make this difference
because the max on left was 0.50deg and the right was 1.60deg. the range was max of 1.15 to
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My car sat 3/8 lower on the driverside than the passenger I'm not sure if that 3/8s will be 1.1 difference in camber but I'm on coils adjusted really close and still off from one side to the other. Go measure from the ground to the highest point of your fender arch and see how off it is for yourself. Your suspension being compressed further on one side than the other will definitely effect the camber from one side to the other
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