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Old 05-16-2010, 10:29 PM
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Hello there,

After hours of work I have achieved these alignment settings

Driver: +3.0 caster, -0.5 camber

Passenger: +3.0 caster, +1.0 camber

Passenger started at +4.0 caster, +1.5 camber

I really do not want to try and lower the camber anymore on the passenger side because I got the caster equal on both sides. Are these going to be ok in terms of tire wear? I have not set the toe to 1/16th in yet btw.

p.s. i know i could better achieve settings with a vario centric kit to get neg camber but I currently do not have the money to purchase and have something like that installed

Thanks
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Old 05-16-2010, 10:52 PM
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Camber needs to be the same, or nearly identical. The way it's set up, it will pull to the right.
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Old 05-17-2010, 02:12 AM
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Damn Bud, Still having alignment issues?
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Old 05-17-2010, 01:50 PM
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That seems like an awful lot of cross-camber, and more negative on the driver side than I recall 1960's cars normally using.

If those numbers were from a car that attached the lower control arms to a subframe, I would suspect that the subframe had shifted toward the driver side.

Is something bent? Has the car been in an accident?


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Old 05-17-2010, 05:57 PM
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I hit a curb and busted the passenger side wheel and lower control arm about 3 years ago
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Old 05-17-2010, 09:22 PM
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And the control arm has been replaced, right? And you checked to make sure the LCA mount or front frame rail or shock tower wasn't bent, right?
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Old 05-20-2010, 05:51 AM
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Originally Posted by nba1341
I hit a curb and busted the passenger side wheel and lower control arm about 3 years ago
That sucks. I didn't realize that. With your other thread about alignment, I thought you had gotten it straightened out. I wonder if something else isn't damaged, making it not stay aligned.
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