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Not too long ago I finally got to play with my camber kit and adjusted the angle of the rear wheels and now they are standing straight up. The left side is slightly negative (very hard to tell it's cambering), the right is straight up. I can tell because now the front looks like it's slightly cambering.

Anyhoo when I took my car for a drive and went over some broken concrete on the freeway (imagine a pothole but as deep as something a frisbee would fit into) the rear of the car now slides slightly to the side for some reason... I don't get it. I actually thought it was better if I evened up the rear wheels but it actually feels worse. Perhaps it's due to the thicker rear anti sway bar? After installing it, the rear suspension would take bumps kinda hard and now as it takes them, the rear slides! Anyone care to explain?

 
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maybe it has nothing to do with the camber? probably when you ran over it you messed up the toe or something. you should keep a slight negative camber in the rear tho, would really suggest it being straight up

 
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Are you adjusting this all by eyeball or a machine?

 
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make sure that the angle on both sides are exactly the same. having one side off will make the car tugg toward the side with more camber. You don't notice it on smooth roads but it is there wearing on your tires. but when you hit a bump and one of the tires is able to break traction thats when you feel it.

 
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Weird. It slides when doing what though? When cornering? If so, then a negative camber will help that out. Having no camber in the back is bad since when the body rolls you'll have positive camber and much less traction. I set mine to be about a finger's width away from vertical at the edge of my 17" rim. That setting works for me. Looks good from behind and it's very grippy. Although I want slightly more negative camber. I can't get more though without lowering since the inner sidewall hits the frame and starts rubbing.

 
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You gotta put it on a machine to adjust the camber Eyeballing can sometimes be somewhat OK for a temporary fix. But a full 4 wheel alignment is the only way to get everything adjusted to specs[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]

 
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It would slide going straight. Yeah, this was through eyeballing it and putting a straight edge to the side of it. The car is still due for an alignment and I wondered if that would help.

I felt it was better to have a slightly negative camber in the rear, too. I thought that when you make a turn, you'll automatically have more negative camber (for example making a right turn, weight shifts to the left wheels allowing the wheels to rise inside the fender gap). Right now, I just want the rear to stop sliding and perhaps it is the toe angle but I wouldn't know how to tell exactly. I could try evening out the left wheel a bit more although it's not really that bad.

Thanks for the replies.