R34 Camber Problem (?)

[Miss Niz]

Hi All,

I've done a search and couldn't really find what i was looking for. I have an R34 GTT Sedan and put a set of 18" Nismo's on it about a year ago, along with a brand new set of Nankang NS2's. I've used Nankangs before and never really had a problem. It appears as though my sedan has lowered springs in it, which must have been done over in Japan, as i am the first Aussie owner.

The passenger rear tyre (255/35/18), has completely worn through the canvas and all on the inside about 2 inches wide. The rest of the tyre still has at least 60-70% tread. The driver's side rear is no where near as bad. I replaced the tyre on the passenger side and took it for a wheel alignment today. I was told that the passenger rear was running 5mm toe in, but that shouldn't cause the problem of excessive wear on the inside. The driver's side was ok with only about 2mm toe in. Camber is running at just under 2 degrees on both sides. The wheel alignment has fixed the toe in, but i have been told that this will not totally fix my problem of excessive wear.

I don't drift/race/skid the car, it is just a daily driver. The car also has no signs of any accident history at all.

I've been advised that an inner adjustable camber kit may solve the problem.

Has anyone else experienced this? How did you fix it?

I have no intentions on going all out and spending heaps on suspension work and whatever, i just want it so that it is a reliable daily which won't chew through a set of tyres every year.

Thanks!

[bradsm87]

U need to get yourself a whiteline rear camber kit which costs about $130 and will bring it in to about 1.25 degrees negative.

[Klae01]

I also have the same sort of problem, ive got coilovers and ive chewed through my rear tyres in 7 months... my problem is i think if i get a set of camber adjusters my wheels will scrub in the arches as their arleady boarderline on scrubbing.. any help would be handy

[dori34]

^ then you will have to roll the inner lip of the guard to prevent it from scrubbing after you adjust the camber

[Sydneykid]

The usual question (for both of you)...what is the ride height? It's a vital piece of information as the camber is affected by high low the car is. So get your tape measure out and measure the height, centre of wheel to guard verically is the suspension industry standard measurement. Armed with that information it is realtively easy to tell what you need.

Cheers

Gary

[Abo Bob]

Apart from that I just want to have a laugh at how 5mm toe in wouldn't cause excessive wear and 2mm toe in is ok.

hahahahahahahhahahahahahaha

Ok I feel better now.

Getting your toe back to 0.5 to 1mm in on each side is a start. Adjustable whiteline camber bushes from Sydneykid I think will bring your camber back in to about 0.5 degrees at it's most upright probably. I run about 1.5 on the street which does wear the inside a bit but I prefer the extra grip.

SK will tell you precisely what is up with the requested measurement but it will probably add up pretty much to what I've just told you.

[Miss Niz]

Thanks Sydneykid! I will measure my ride height when i get a chance then.

Abo Bob - i got the feeling the place i went to had NFI, which is why i have posted this topic, so as to get a feel for what every one else is running. At least then when i go to take it to another place, i'll have some kind of idea if they are trying to feed me BS or not.

[**RB2530**]

IMO fixing the toe in will fix 80% of the problem. 5mm + 2mm gives 7mm total toe which is huge especially for 35 series tyres with much lower side wall flex...

I run 1mm total toe..0.5mm each side on the rear.

[White GTS-T]

If you take the negative camber out of the equation for a second wouldn't excessive toe in tend to wear the outsides, and excessive toe out tend to wear the insides? Or do i have it the arse way around?