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Old 12-15-06, 10:07 AM
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ok, i cant seem to find the thread i know exists, but im looking for info on the camber adj. bolt. i read somewhere that you can get an extra degree or two from using camber bolts from another lexus... i believe it was the LS400, but i cant remember. if anyone knows what im talking about and would like to clarify, i would greatly appreciate it. thanks in advance.
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how much camber do you want?

I have mine set at -1.8 front (soon to be -2.2), and -2.5 rear...

I could go all the way to -.5 with the stock bolts and with it lowered as is...
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i want as little wear as possible. my car is lowered with eibachs, and im not sure if i will have enough adjustment to take out the camber and preserve my tires.
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Originally Posted by ki_soarer
i want as little wear as possible. my car is lowered with eibachs, and im not sure if i will have enough adjustment to take out the camber and preserve my tires.
well, you can get it back to stock settings with no issues...

http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/lan...ent/index.html
is what I would recommend if you want decent performance and good tire wear...
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ive seen those specs, but i think that the max you can get out of the front camber bolts are -1degree. i was just wondering if there was a way to get back to zero degrees camber. i thought there was another bolt available from lexus to take care of this...?
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Originally Posted by ki_soarer
ive seen those specs, but i think that the max you can get out of the front camber bolts are -1degree. i was just wondering if there was a way to get back to zero degrees camber. i thought there was another bolt available from lexus to take care of this...?
why would you want 0 degrees? the car is designed to have ~some~ negative camber from the factory, meaning with 0, it would handle worse than stock...

I have some pretty aggressive alignment settings, and although my tires wear quicker than normal, it's still not horrible... I don't remember 100%, but I think when I was checking out adjustments on my car, I could get it to -.5 degree no problem, which is well within factory spec...
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my bad, i didnt mean zero degrees, i meant back to zero, as in factory specs. if i can get it with the stock bolts, then ill be happy. thanks.
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