Neg. camber alignment

[shotx]

Well, I finally got all my suspension mods installed. Did the front struts and springs today. The problems now is all wheels except the passenger front are within specs as far as alignment goes. It has a -1.5 degree camber. My friend that did all the work told me he couldn't get it any closer to spec.

I think I've read about this problem before here. Is there any fix for this?

 

[sdpatt]

Roy,

There are kits that allow greater movement of the struts than allowed by the existing rectangular slots in the front strut towers. My solution was to unbolt the strut from the towers and grind out the slots to allow more travel in the outboard direction. The only way to get both sides of my car's front end in spec was to move the subframe a little off the center position. Since one of your car's front struts can be adjusted in spec and the other cannot, you may also benefit from this method.

 

[shotx]

sdpatt:
Roy,

There are kits that allow greater movement of the struts than allowed by the existing rectangular slots in the front strut towers. My solution was to unbolt the strut from the towers and grind out the slots to allow more travel in the outboard direction...

Scott. That has been done already. It allowed the camber to be reduced from -2.5 to -1.5 degrees. What are the kits you mentioned? How do they work? Where do I find them?

 

[SHOMA]

I know you may already know it compketely, but have you break the spot welds for those plates on top of the strut towers? I just had mine done, and they had to do that.... You guys probably know it already, but just in case.....

<small>[ April 25, 2002, 09:53 PM: Message edited by: 95silvermtx ]</small>