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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 05:18 AM
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I understand how camber works and the effects etc.. etc.. Im not trying to get my camber back to stock, im trying to get more.

My question is how much negative camber will the Megan arms allow me to adjust? Im running a low offset wheel and I need just a bit more camber to clear. I tried searching but all I found where people were asking to fix their negative camber.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 05:34 AM
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The factory arms available to adjust camber are the following lengths.

Length = 441.5 mm
Length = 446.5 mm
Length = 451.5 mm

The Megan arms are adjustable from 435mm to 485mm, so a good 33.5mm longer than the longest arm. What that equates to, I can only guess. Maybe someone can do some math.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 06:53 AM
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well that seems like it could essentially give you upwards of 38.5mm (or 1.51574803 inch) more space/clearance from the fender edge to the wheel but that would add that much more inner space required so it may still hit but on the inner coilover arm if the wheels were really wide. that seems like a lot to me

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On oem camber links the longest arm would yield you about -4 degree of camber. I believe the megan arms would yield you at least -6 degree of camber before affecting your toe, but you can pick up megan toe arms to accommodate that if you require more camber. I believe the arms would yield up to a maximum of -10 to -13 degree of camber? Correct me if i am wrong.
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Oh also if you are looking for just -4 degree of camber I do have the longer links from Lexus for sale. Let me know!
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Originally Posted by Celsior21
On oem camber links the longest arm would yield you about -4 degree of camber.
-4 degrees at factory ride height?
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 12:46 PM
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hmm, not sure about factory ride height but definitely if slammed on coils

i was pushing past -3.5 to -3.65 on stock arms and correct it to about -2 with the 5mm shorter arms so maybe that would bean -5 on the 5mm longer than stock oem arms if slammed.
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Originally Posted by waijai
-4 degrees at factory ride height?
Sorry that is lowered to be correct.
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Old Feb 9, 2012 | 07:51 PM
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Megan arms won't give you as much clearance as you think up top, they push out the bottom of the wheel. You need upper adjustables if you really want to pull the top in.
Megan's can yield at least -10, that is just as far as I have seen them run.
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