just swapped the aspire trailing arm camber looks negative?

[2jzkilla]

Is this normal. I also re used the festiva e brake cable. I'm using the factory 13s off an escort. The wheels look identical to the factory 12 that come on our cars just an inch larger. and it does seem like there leaning in. sucks cuz I need to maximize tire life. What's the deal I wonder if anyone jumped the car I got the trailing arm off. I hope not. I'll get a picture of it soon

[Festy46]

If your camber (or toe) really is off, Rockauto sells shims to adjust it. I use these shims to deliberately change the factory set up for racing. Here's a link to a picture of them:

http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/moreinfo.php?pk=204259&cc=1128215

[falkenfighter]

Where would you put shims to adjust it? Seems to me that the only adjustment you could do would be in the mounts to make it track straight with the body so it doesnt dogtrack

[skeeters_keeper]

The shims go between the brake backing plate and the arm.

[william]

I to have noticed some more negative camber with the aspire rear beam. Don't worry about it camber dose not chew up tires (unless it's really extreme. , toe on the other hand .dose.

[falkenfighter]

Ahh that makes sense i guess. Weird.

[lessersivad]

Don't worry about it camber dose not chew up tires (unless it's really extreme. , toe on the other hand .dose.

This statement has been thrown around so much it's scary.

I cannot figure how anyone would think that a tire/wheel tilting either in or out isn't going to cause premature tire wear.

If a tire has more weight towards one side or the other it's going to wear faster than a tire running with an equal amount of weight distributed across the entire contact surface.

Granted it probably isn't going to send shards of rubber flying in all directions, but it is going to wear faster on the edge with the most weight contacting the road surface.

[sketchman]

^There are those who have proved camber doesn't cause uneven tire wear. Advancedynamix for one off the top of my head.

Toe causes it.

Now this would probably be a different story.

[moz]

Under normal driving conditions, neg camber will cause uneven wear.
But if you're cornering at 100mph, it will wear nice and even.

[sketchman]

I'm almost positive (hehe positive) Charlie runs the same camber on the street as he does on the track. Hopefully he'll post in here.

[sketchman]

Here ya go.

.....with around 2.8 degrees negative camber on all 4 corners. I drove it like that, loaded with stuff, from San Diego to The outer banks of NC and back. No abnormal tire wear great mileage (for a b6t) and a nice comfy ride.
Just keep your toe neutral and you wont get a lot of wear. Toe is a tire killer, not camber (okay, yeah -7 degrees will do it, but at -3 you'll be fine).