Lowered car, Camber issue?

[chrisofna]

I have the Aspire LCAs, Capri XR2 hubs. I have some negative camber. What would be the best way to get rid of it? Camber bolts? any other way to get rid of it?

[Grey Vw]

Welcome to my world Camber bolts is going to be the big one but theres also a little adjustment you can do. Make sure your strut hats aren't backwards and loosen the two bolts on the strut hat and put a prybar between the the strut hat and the body and pry so that the strut hat moves away from the engine and towards the fender, while prying tighten down the strut hat. The adjustment is minimal but it's there, you will be able to see where the bolt grabbed the body before and after.

I can take pictures later if you can't understand what i'm saying.

[chrisofna]

I knew about the strut flip-around, remember who told you that? I don't know how far out of wack my camber is but I do see the camber. I've found a pair for $18 so I think I'm going to buy it. I've heard you can run 4 of them for double the camber.

[FestYboy]

OR you can leave it alone if they both match or are within 0.3* of eachother... i run Scrappu with -2.4* camber and have no wear issues, BUT i also have the toe set to near 0* to keep tire scrub to a minimum. toe setting is KEY to tire wear.

[timmay89]

Aren't you supposed to run the festiva LCA in an aspire swap?

[Tommychu]

Aren't you supposed to run the festiva LCA in an aspire swap?

Correct. And you use the Aspire LCA on the Capri swap, which is what the OP is running.

[Christ]

OR you can leave it alone if they both match or are within 0.3* of eachother... i run Scrappu with -2.4* camber and have no wear issues, BUT i also have the toe set to near 0* to keep tire scrub to a minimum. toe setting is KEY to tire wear.

Finally, someone who understands this...

[FestYboy]

i do it all day... mostly it's a curse. but i love doing alignments (no really, i do!).

[chrisofna]

You would still get some inside wear though if most of the weight is on the inside of the tire, I had this problem with the MR2 and my toe was in spec.

[Charlie1717]

i do it all day... mostly it's a curse. but i love doing alignments (no really, i do!).

Darn you Festyboy! Mine was just begging to be aligned

[gauge_half_inch]

Find your way to my shop on a sat afternoon. I'll hook it up, you'll have to pay, but it will be done right. And bring the shin with.

[FestYboy]

Darn you Festyboy! Mine was just begging to be aligned

yeah i know Charlie!!! every time i thought about it i got pulled somewhere else. but you can still get it closer yourself, just take a 17mm and 12mm open end wrench, loosen the 17mm keep nut and (facing the INSIDE of the wheel) rotate the driver side 1/2 turn and the passenger side 3/4 turn COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. then lock down the keep nuts. this will get you much closer to where it should be.

[thered56]

Man. I wanna do that swap partially for the negative camber. To each his own.