front wheels tilting inwards
#11
Mine was the same way...too much negative camber due to lowering. Find a GOOD alignment shop in your area and get some measurements from them . Most serious enthusiasts can tell you where one is and most of the really good ones are more "old school" than high tech. Mine was negative 1.5 degrees on one side and negative 1.25 on the other. That is actually within spec for the Mustang since factory spec is negative .75 with a plus/minus .75 tolerance. Can't say I like having that much tolerance.
Excessive camber won't wear the tires nearly as much as improper toe adjustment. Too much camber and too much toe at the same time will eat tires fast.
I used the Steeda Billet Camber Plates and Shims...love the set-up! Once they are set you would have to break the car to undo the camber adjustment. Now I'm dead on factory spec and the car handles great.
Excessive camber won't wear the tires nearly as much as improper toe adjustment. Too much camber and too much toe at the same time will eat tires fast.
I used the Steeda Billet Camber Plates and Shims...love the set-up! Once they are set you would have to break the car to undo the camber adjustment. Now I'm dead on factory spec and the car handles great.
#13
Anything that allows moving either the strut top relative to the strut mount bolt holes in the strut tower or the strut angle relative to the steering knuckle provides you with camber adjustment. Camber or caster-camber plates (or slotting the strut tower holes) give you the first method. Camber bolts work by the second approach.
Mike - there also is a spec for cross-camber (difference between L and R cambers) of 0.7°, so it's not like you should ever have the full 1.5° difference side to side. Actually, allowing for larger tolerance lets Ford (and many other mfrs whose cars use front struts) get away with not providing a ready means of camber adjustment at all, or one that's good for only a few very small predetermined adjustments. It sounds sloppy when you work to ±0.1° or less, but apparently it's "good enough" such that most people don't notice anything being amiss.
Norm
Last edited by Norm Peterson; 08-16-2010 at 02:29 PM.
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Mike - there also is a spec for cross-camber (difference between L and R cambers) of 0.7°, so it's not like you should ever have the full 1.5° difference side to side. Actually, allowing for larger tolerance lets Ford (and many other mfrs whose cars use front struts) get away with not providing a ready means of camber adjustment at all, or one that's good for only a few very small predetermined adjustments. It sounds sloppy when you work to ±0.1° or less, but apparently it's "good enough" such that most people don't notice anything being amiss.
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