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Estey 01-23-2014 04:27 PM

Negative front camber?
 
So my car is lowered on eibach springs and I was reading on the forums that it is a good idea to run negative camber. Why and how much camber should I have? Also will I need an alignment if I install camber bolts?
I noticed that my front tires are wearing a lot more on the edges from hard turning. So I was thinking the main reason was to get more of the tire in contact with the pavement when turning.

wparsons 01-23-2014 05:09 PM

The amount of camber you need depends on spring rate, how grippy your tires are and how hard you drive it.

If you're wearing the shoulder of the tires out, then you probably need some more negative camber. You're right on the reasoning too, more negative camber will put the tires flatter when cornering.

You can try running higher tire pressures up front, but if you go too high you'll start wearing the middle of the tire more than the rest.

Estey 01-23-2014 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by wparsons (Post 1474485)
The amount of camber you need depends on spring rate, how grippy your tires are and how hard you drive it.

If you're wearing the shoulder of the tires out, then you probably need some more negative camber. You're right on the reasoning too, more negative camber will put the tires flatter when cornering.

You can try running higher tire pressures up front, but if you go too high you'll start wearing the middle of the tire more than the rest.

hmm, Ill try running a higher tire pressure in the front. I drive it fairly hard on and off and I have pretty grippy summer tires. So I guess the negative camber might require a bit of tweaking at first?

car_roll 01-23-2014 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Estey (Post 1474593)
hmm, Ill try running a higher tire pressure in the front. I drive it fairly hard on and off and I have pretty grippy summer tires. So I guess the negative camber might require a bit of tweaking at first?

negative camber and summer tires go hand in hand.

Estey 01-23-2014 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by car_roll (Post 1474637)
negative camber and summer tires go hand in hand.

Awesome!:thumbup:
So now the question is, does changing two bolts affect my alignment?

DrDuquette 01-23-2014 06:37 PM

yes, most likely
 
If you are changing height yes. Bolts, hopefully they equally change the camber. Than maybe no if the camber is what you are trying to get.

Estey 01-23-2014 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DrDuquette (Post 1474708)
If you are changing height yes. Bolts, hopefully they equally change the camber. Than maybe no if the camber is what you are trying to get.

What do you mean by height? If youre referring to the springs, I installed them and aligned the car a while ago.
Im basically just trying to get camber in the front.

Gunman 01-23-2014 07:04 PM

If you're installing camber bolts, you'll need some sort of alignment to get the camber the same from side to side, and to know how much camber you have.

Eric@ptuning 01-23-2014 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Estey (Post 1474697)
Awesome!:thumbup:
So now the question is, does changing two bolts affect my alignment?

Yes most definitely. Most camber bolts are designed with eccentric lobs which is how they change camber.
You turn one direction outer most part of lob pushes inward towards struct you get Negative camber. You turn in the opposite direction outer most part of lob pushes outward away from struct you get Positive camber

Cause the naked eye cant tell the difference down to the very exact degree its recommended to take the car in to get an alignment after installing any components that effect suspension

Estey 01-23-2014 07:30 PM

alright thanks guys, this was helpful

Eric@ptuning 01-23-2014 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Estey (Post 1474870)
alright thanks guys, this was helpful

Glad we can help:thumbup:


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