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Old 09-19-21 | 02:30 PM
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Are there camber bolts or some other means to adjust the front camber? In had an alignment done after I installed lowering springs, shop said there was no way to adjust the front so they are a little out of spec.

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Are there camber bolts or some other means to adjust the front camber? In had an alignment done after I installed lowering springs, shop said there was no way to adjust the front so they are a little out of spec.
Shop is correct, factory system has no camber adjustment.
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Originally Posted by Rseod
Are there camber bolts or some other means to adjust the front camber? In had an alignment done after I installed lowering springs, shop said there was no way to adjust the front so they are a little out of spec.
To adjust camber/caster at the same time, you'd have to adjust the positioning of the front subframe. Most cases of off-wack camber and caster settings are from a not so well positioned front subframe. Check your caster angles and compare them side to side. Also, your front camber and rear camber are going to be a little out of spec anyhow considering you're lowering the car. Lower = more camber on most suspension geometries. I believe the OEM specs were -1.2 front max, to 0.3 minimum, with the default setting being -0.47. Pretty low camber numbers for a sports car...
The rears are a maximum of -2.3 with a minimum of -0.8. Caster angles are also to be 7.63 with a tolerance of +/- 0.75

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To adjust camber/caster at the same time, you'd have to adjust the positioning of the front subframe. Most cases of off-wack camber and caster settings are from a not so well positioned front subframe. Check your caster angles and compare them side to side. Also, your front camber and rear camber are going to be a little out of spec anyhow considering you're lowering the car. Lower = more camber on most suspension geometries. I believe the OEM specs were -1.2 front max, to 0.3 minimum, with the default setting being -0.47. Pretty low camber numbers for a sports car...
The rears are a maximum of -2.3 with a minimum of -0.8. Caster angles are also to be 7.63 with a tolerance of +/- 0.75
Thanks. It’s so close that it’s nothing to worry about, I just wondered if there were adjustments.


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Thanks. It’s so close that it’s nothing to worry about, I just wondered if there were adjustments.
That is actually a pretty good amount of camber, and the caster looks good. It's a shame they never put even slight camber adjustment on these cars.
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The only way to adjust the camber would be with an aftermarket upper arm and the only one I know of is made by FIGS.

Personally I’d just leave it where it is unless your tracking the car and in which case you may want more camber.
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