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Ok guys, I just lowered my R32 GTSt, and have noticed that the rear wheels are very uneven as to how they sit under the guards. The right side has more camber and sits further into the wheel arch than the left. I will try to post pictures tomorrow, but does anyone have any ideas?? It may have been that way before, I didn't notice if it was, maybe cos the suspension was higher. Is it possibly something bent in the rear sub-frame?? Is this going to cost me an arm and a leg to fix? Please help, any info would be appreciated.....

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I used to have a VS Commodore V8 with IRS. That was lowered with the whiteline kit.

It had massive camber on the rear end and from memory the left wheel had more camber and appeard to sit up in the guard slightly more.

What the bloke did was fit the $500 4 way camber and castor kit then to even the car out he placed small spacers under or on top of the springs. Due to the left wheel having more camber when the camber was corrected the left side sat higher. hence the right hand side also had to come up slightly with those spacer things I was talking about.

I had my suspension done at a Bridgestone suspension and steering place.

So yer its not a big deal. :)

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Ok guys, I just lowered my R32 GTSt, and have noticed that the rear wheels are very uneven as to how they sit under the guards. The right side has more camber and sits further into the wheel arch than the left. I will try to post pictures tomorrow, but does anyone have any ideas?? It may have been that way before, I didn't notice if it was, maybe cos the suspension was higher. Is it possibly something bent in the rear sub-frame?? Is this going to cost me an arm and a leg to fix? Please help, any info would be appreciated.....

Measure it form the centre of the wheel to the guard (vertically) on all 4 corners. Then post the results up and I can give you some idea of what may be wrong. :)

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