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Old 02-16-16, 06:08 AM
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Default What camber degree?

I ordered rear camber arms about a month or two ago and haven't had the time to get them installed but I'm getting them installed this Friday.

Now my question is, what's the best negative degree to set to stop having the fender rub/scrape the rim? Not too much but not too little. I was told -4 is best. Rears are 20x10.5 if that might make a difference.
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honestly you are just gonna have to dive in and figure out what will work with your setup.

it will depend on wheel offset and tire size (also brand) as well.

I would just install them and continue to make adjustments til it clears for your setup.

Nobody is gonna be able to tell you a magical number that is gonna be the sweet spot. Everyones setup is different
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-4 degrees of camber? that's what you can expect with stock arms on rsr superdowns. expect crazy uneven tire wear. 20x10.5 what's your offset? that's important to know to see how much you can change your camber by.

usually people buy camber arms to bring that back closer to stock specs.
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Originally Posted by dnasians
-4 degrees of camber? that's what you can expect with stock arms on rsr superdowns. expect crazy uneven tire wear. 20x10.5 what's your offset? that's important to know to see how much you can change your camber by.

usually people buy camber arms to bring that back closer to stock specs.
It goes both ways. People buy camber arms to bring back closer to stock and some people buy camber arms so their tires can clear body panels.

Some camber can be good for handling but obviously at the cost of tire wear, this is why you see circuit touring race cars with tremendous camber . A lot of camber obviously will become impractical for street application.
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Originally Posted by dnasians
-4 degrees of camber? that's what you can expect with stock arms on rsr superdowns. expect crazy uneven tire wear. 20x10.5 what's your offset? that's important to know to see how much you can change your camber by.

usually people buy camber arms to bring that back closer to stock specs.
unless he got coilovers and want to increase -ve camber....or rsr downs....not everybody gets camber arm to bring it closer to stock
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Im on RSR down springs have the Vossen vle1s 10.5 in rear and am at -4 degrees.
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Originally Posted by specONE
It goes both ways. People buy camber arms to bring back closer to stock and some people buy camber arms so their tires can clear body panels.

Some camber can be good for handling but obviously at the cost of tire wear, this is why you see circuit touring race cars with tremendous camber . A lot of camber obviously will become impractical for street application.
Originally Posted by Sphinx007
unless he got coilovers and want to increase -ve camber....or rsr downs....not everybody gets camber arm to bring it closer to stock
oh yeah! man, i completely forgot about the hardcore slammed look.
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