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Old May 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
Old May 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.
Old May 17, 2010 | 02:12 AM
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Damn Bud, Still having alignment issues?
Old May 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 May 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
Old May 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?
Old May 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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