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Old 03-01-07, 06:19 PM
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Does anyone know exactly how to add a few degrees of negative camber to the front and rear of a 99 GS? Thanks
Old 03-02-07, 05:59 AM
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guess not.
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Lower it. And the negative will come instantly. Other than that, I wouldn't know how to help you without you actually going to an allignment shop.
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On your control arm there is a big bolt with a gold piece on the end of it. Loosen the end without the gold peice then tighten the bolt with the gold piece. You then must go back and retighten the first bolt. I would not suggest this at all for you to do alone. You can really **** something up bad. Take it an alignment shop.
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Exactly, once you start messing with those bolts, you will trow your allignment off. So I would do it without a proper allignment rack.
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Theres a gold oval shaped disc with nuts on both sides. To have more negative camber, you need to loosen the nut so you can turn the disc. The disc at the widest part is more positive camber. The disc at the thinnest part is the most negative camber. Again, take it to an alignment shop and ask them for custom alignment settings. All it takes is a very small fraction of a degree and you will have crazy bad tire wear. Both sides need to be matched up properly and not TOO much neg camber to maintain "decent" tire wear.
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someone correct me if i'm wrong but i was told the more negative camber you dial in, there will be more resulting negative toe due to the suspension geometry. without a proper alignment, this negative toe is what causes most of the camber wear?
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