Adjusting rear camber w/out camber it?!
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Adjusting rear camber w/out camber it?! Is it possible to adjust the rear camber without a camber kit? I heard there was a way...
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Rep Power: 0 alright, all joking aside, some alignment shops will "bend" your suspension so that you will get the factory recommended -1 degree of camber. not very accurate cause they are bending something that is not supposed to be bent.
if you look in your wheel well there is a metal rod about 6 inches long and shaped like this: I
that is the stock piece that is factory length so it gives the proper camber.
now a camber kit replaces that piece, allowing the alignment shop to either extend it or shorten it depending what degree of camber you want. you can either get rubber or urethane bushings.
rubber does not last as long, urethane sqeeeeeeeeeks
also once you get the proper camber your rear ride height will raise a litttle coming close to that of the front but when i had h&r's no matter what i did with the rear camber it was always lower in height than the front thats why i got the tein coilovers instead.
hope that helps, sorry bout the jokes, nice ride by the way.
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if you look in your wheel well there is a metal rod about 6 inches long and shaped like this: I
that is the stock piece that is factory length so it gives the proper camber.
now a camber kit replaces that piece, allowing the alignment shop to either extend it or shorten it depending what degree of camber you want. you can either get rubber or urethane bushings.
rubber does not last as long, urethane sqeeeeeeeeeks
also once you get the proper camber your rear ride height will raise a litttle coming close to that of the front but when i had h&r's no matter what i did with the rear camber it was always lower in height than the front thats why i got the tein coilovers instead.
hope that helps, sorry bout the jokes, nice ride by the way.
peace in the middle east
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Without a camber kit, all the shop can do is loosen and retighten bolts to try and correct any alignement angles. Best to buy the kits early and save the money in tires later.
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Rep Power: 419 On a similiar note... The rear toe can be changed using the factory hardware. There's supposed to be a bolt with a lobe on it that controls toe on either side in the rear. I don't know where it is, but I'll adjust it in a while and write up a DIY. 
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Rep Power: 0 you can have toe-in or toe-out, but you will still have way too much neg camber without a kit depending on how low you went.
all the trouble you would go through to cut and extend and weld that piece would probably cost more than if you just bought a real kit and it isn't as strong.
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all the trouble you would go through to cut and extend and weld that piece would probably cost more than if you just bought a real kit and it isn't as strong.
later,
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