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ok... here's my life story

i had HKS hypermax 2s... the rear pair are f**ked so i paid a small fortune for Bilsteins and shit low King springs... the car always had rear camber issues so i fed it crap compliance tyres... all thru that time I went thru 1 set of fronts and countless sets of 90% 2nd hand rears... my driving style is shit too i suppose

ok years later i smashed the front left bilstein shock because i have a bad habit of not slowing down for speed humps

i found the HKS hypermax fronts in my garage and had them installed

to my surprise they are quite good... slightly rattley but better than the Bilsteins

my Bilstein rears are kinda leaking but not too bad - it's liveable

i have given up fixing the HKS shocks... (this is a stupid saga all in itself)

so my question is... anyone is sydney who can definitively fixed my rear camber? I called so many so called suspension specialists and it seems like I'm asking them to fit rocket boosters to a russian space shuttle. Many do not like the Whiteline camber kit either.

I thought about buying stock rear springs and getting a new pair of KYB (or whatever?) rear shocks or getting the springs fitted to my rear bilsteins? I dunno.

I realistically need a drive in, drive out, one day solution. Don't particular care too much about ride height (can go back to stock height and softness) as this car is a daily.

car is a 33 gts turbo

as you can tell I'm kinda over this whole bloody suspension caper

oh here's a story about how I feel... I got defected so I had to get a 'stock looking' exhaust. I talked to about a dozen exhaust shops and seriously... what a pack of retards. Not dealing with exhaust shops really made my day.

It was easiest for me to pick up a 2nd hand jap exhaust (Fujitsubo Legalis turned out to be) and get it fitted by a local mechanic.

nisskid Grand Master

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chuck some adjustable camber arms on and get an alignment. the reason why shops dont like whiteline camber kits (the offset bushes) is because they are cunts to adjust as opposed to adjustable arms which are on-car adjustable.

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give Wholesale Suspension a call out at Penrith. I made the trip there from Liverpool just to get my wheels aligned. theyve got a 60grand laser aligning machine and can do camber, castor, toe etc all to your specs.

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oh btw ive got just jap adjustable rear camber arms and front castor.

steve, my cars a daily and has standard suspension but i think its sagged and the arms are fine. havent moved since ive got it done

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feels alot better now mate. sadly i dont have any specs. i adjusted the camber myself when i installed them. only had a bit of negative on them but the boys said it was pretty far out. same with the front castor. lol. they asked me if i wanted any specific settings and i just said no, make it good for everyday. so im guessing 0-1 degree camber out back and the rest pretty true. just a guess though. lol

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my rear tyres were rooted from camber wear until i bought the camber arms. havent had any problems with wear on the front though. sorry cant help ya there mate. if you do lower and have all the necessary adjustable parts, they should be able to make it fine. all i can think of is tyre clearance with rear guards if its lowered. if they straighten the camber, you may need to roll the guards.

nisskid Grand Master

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Are these arms good for street/daily alignment when the car is lowered only 20-30mm?

whiteline arms are fine for street, they use a urethane bush.

offset bushes are cunts to use and i wouldnt recommend them to anyone.

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whiteline arms are fine for street, they use a urethane bush.

offset bushes are cunts to use and i wouldnt recommend them to anyone.

So all I need to do is get rear or front and rear adjustable upper arms?

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