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someonestolecc Grand Master

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Gday,

Had some dudes had a look my car the other day and noticed my camber was funny. Which is strange because I just had a wheel alignment and haven't been sliding the car (no gutter/ripple strip incidents!!).

Basically I'm going to adjust the driver side with what appears to be no camber visually to be the same as the other side.

I have camber plates and basically wanted to know if I undid the 4 "bolts" that hold the coilover to the camber plate - is the weight of the wheel going to stop it from being able to be adjusted?

Also - should the wheel I'm doing be suspended from the ground? My only assumption there is if it's suspended it's going to naturally be making it positive camber... in which case should I get a mate to hold the wheel weight up while screwing the holder things in?

Yes. I'm too cheap and busy to go get a wheel alignment place to do it. Anyone have any tips?

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JCMarshall_Law Proficient

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I'm no expert but I would not recomend trying to do allingments by eye.

Make sure you know how to adjust camber in a car with wishbone suspension (I presume your talking about a skyline) and rephrase your 3rd paragraph.

The sort of questions your asking suggest you should get a shop to do it anyway.

The only time I attempted to do any allignment by eye was when I fitted a HICAS lock bar - and that was just so I drive it down the road to get the final allignment professionally.

Sorry I could not be more help. Someone more informed will prolly point you in the right direction.

someonestolecc Grand Master

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3rd paragraph edited.

Forgot to mention it's a cefiro so the front end is like a silvia. I don't believe it's nearly as hard to change a few deg of camber with camber plates than it is on a skyline.

All I'm trying to get an answer to is - if I undo the bolts holding my coilover to the camber plate will it be impossible to push it in for more camber because of the weight of the car on the coilover?

Sydneykid Grand Master

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All I'm trying to get an answer to is - if I undo the bolts holding my coilover to the camber plate will it be impossible to push it in for more camber because of the weight of the car on the coilover?

Nope, just jack it up, undo the lock nuts/bolts and give the top a tap inwards (for more negative camber) with a plastic/rubber hammer.

The naked eye is not always a good judge of camber. So on a flat surface (garage floor is ok), stick a spirit level at the bottom on the tyre, get it vertical (via the bubble) and measure (with a ruler) from the spirit level to the tyre. Go around and do the same on the other side. If the measurements are the same then the camber will be pretty close, beter than a guess anyway.

You could work out how much camber that is with some high school pythagorus.

:D cheers :D

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