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Old Jun 7, 2003
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Question Wheel Alignment Question..

I was just wondering...On say a 2" drop on our cars all around, and with full camber kits, will the wheels be able to be aligned perfect straight up and down. Or will they still tilt a little bit. I am trying to get an alignment, but 2 weeks after if was done, they started to camber in on 3 out of the 4 wheels. I brought that up to the guy that did it (he says he is a lowered car specialist BTW), and he said that they would never be perfect. That they will always camber in a little bit. That doesn't sound right to me. Comments anyone??
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Is this only on the front or rear wheels or all of them? The shop should be able to properly adjust your suspension back to factory settings with the proper equipment. Show him the settings in the back of the owners manual and see how close they are to what he set it at, with some more advanced alignment machines a printout of your alignment settings can be made so you know what your settings are, if the shop you went to has this type of machine.
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All 4..

Frontand back are cambered now. I just took it back in and he says that the wheels will nto be straight up and down (even though they were last time he aligned it), and that they are all in factory specs. I can't see where that is possible since they are all cambered out.

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the fronts can be @ 0 camber.. but the rear will always have a slight negative camber because its a wishbone suspension
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Ah ok, thanks for the response.
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a little negative camber helps in cornering. when i got my alignment i wanted -1 camber all the way around... just my $0.02
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Originally posted by ChEe12iO
a little negative camber helps in cornering. when i got my alignment i wanted -1 camber all the way around... just my $0.02
but too much camber will wear your tires all weird... thas what happened to me
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