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So i installed my kit...front and rear.
i call up a couple places to see who will do an alignment and i end up goin to Sears.
I wait an hour and a half and come back and realize my car has not been aligned because my camber is too far off.

I asked if they knew how to use and adjust the camber kit and they said yes and the guy even asked like 2 other people if there is anyway to fix my camber. I think it was like 2 degrees off.
so they said they couldn't do anything about it and they didn't charge me.

My question is....Is my camber that bad that a camber kit could not fix the problem? or do the sears people not know wut they are doing.

and just to make sure so i can teach the alignment people tomorrow if they don't know:
front kit: rotate the bolt to change the camber.
rear kit: adjust the middle part to adjust the length of the arm thus adjusting the camber.

thanks

o yah i have an SPC kit....wut is the adjustability on those?

 
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the spc kit can surely adjust within -3 degrees camber. They are stupid.

 
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nod, they have no clue

 
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man i got SPC to and my camber is damm near straight.....i needa cut my fenders and then i will be fine...they are dumb dumasses!

 
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alright! Day 2 of my quest for an alignment:
my choices in shops that will do an alignment has been reduced cuz its sunday;
i called pep boys yesterday and they said they know how to adjust a camber kit...
so thats my first try:
i walk in....some dude is at the desk and i tell him i want an alignment for my lowered car. as soon as i say lowered he starts to get a lil nervous and tells me they can't do it cuz they wouldn't get the right specs. i calmly tell him that i have a camber kit which has adjustablility to allow for oem specs. he finally says ok....after waiting 2 and a half hours....they tell me that the alignment machine won't fit on my wheels cuz for some reason the motegi mr7 lip is different!!!! (they sell the same rims at the store)
i don't even argue with them.

so i goto the nearby Sears automotive...different from the sears i went to yesterday. Walk in and they tell me they can't work on lowered cars...no reason...they just said they can't....now i'm pissed. at least they let me know in the beginning.

so i'm driving home...pissed as hell...having to turn my wheel to the right just to go straight... and i see NTB...so i said WTF, i'll check them out. They did it!!! but it cost me 150...but i think i get some sort of warranty. and the guys was like.."this is the first time in 9 years i've seen somebody lower their car correctly"...dunno wut that means but its all good. i'm happy now but my left rear tire rubs like nobody's business.

anyone kno how to stop the rubbing?!

thanks

 
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LOL the price you have to pay with a lowered car.. you dont know how many shops that turn me down/get nervous when they see my car is lowered. I went in to get an alignment at this one place and he was like it wont fit. i told him i dont care if it scrapes a little and he eventually got it up with wooden boards. blah the alignments still not perfect but whatever...

as for the rubbing, its something they should have checked... did they give you an alignment sheet? if so what does the rear left camber say? first i would say try rolling your fender with a bat(stick a bat in between the fenders and push it down so that it bends the lip). just take your time and do it slowly. if not your going to have to put some more negative camber. you can try doing it yourself but for $150 you probably got like a 3 year or lifetime contract. you can take it back and have them readjust it