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qasimcorsamad	posted on 27th Aug 09 at 22:19
	whats is camber mate?
Dave_P	posted on 27th Aug 09 at 21:54
	yeh thats wat i fort why didnt they just lift it up abit on the ramp till you could get the trackin machine under....? i also noticed today in the petrol station my front wheels have quite a noticeable bit of camber? looks cool but i doubt its doin any good to the car or the tyers?
Limecat	posted on 26th Aug 09 at 23:36
	The garges are total dicks then. I had a similar problem with my old GSI as the tracker couldn't read the opposite wheel as it was too low. I came back with 3 bricks under each front wheel, it let them sort the tracking. Typical thick 'garage grease monkies' that cannot think outside the box.
Dave_P	posted on 26th Aug 09 at 16:16
	right well i went to a few garages today including kiwk fit and found out that becouse my car is lowered 80mm at the front none of the trackin machine things will fit on my wheels.... so the guy in kwik fit said there was a garage a few miles away that had a drive on tracking machine, so i went over there and he said that the machine wont work even if it did fit on the wheel becouse it been lowered it gets camber anyway so wat ever the machine read wouldnt make a differnce ....? is this true? i dont no wat to do now :/
Dave_P	posted on 25th Aug 09 at 18:18
	ok guys thanks for your help
Limecat	posted on 25th Aug 09 at 00:16
	It will be towing in at present. Both camber and tracking will be out now you have lowered it.
Richardhhha	posted on 24th Aug 09 at 23:05
	quick fit £27.99 takes about 20 minuits mate
Dave_P	posted on 24th Aug 09 at 20:19
	quote: Originally posted by moggz it might be your camber m8 i lowerd mine and it was the camber it dosnt look like the wheels have camber tho ill take it to a garage to get the tracking done see if that helps is it expensive to get the tracking done?
alan-g-w	posted on 24th Aug 09 at 20:03
	quote: Originally posted by scottc1088 how would the track rod ends have been moved? they dont need to come off. the tracking will be out as the track rods are at a different angle now its lower I was only saying that because I had to do the remove my rod end on one side to change a CV. Didn't do anything with the height setting, lined it all back up the way it was - now my tracking's out and the steering wheel sits at an angle. I've had the camber and toe checked and they're fine. I was careful not to fuck about with the track rod end, so I too can't see how it's happened. I assumed this was the problem because I can't see how else it could have happened.
moggz	posted on 24th Aug 09 at 19:59
	it might be your camber m8 i lowerd mine and it was the camber
Dave_P	posted on 24th Aug 09 at 19:51
	ok thanks :D
scottc1088	posted on 24th Aug 09 at 19:43
	yeah as long theres nothing wrong with any of the balljoints etc
Dave_P	posted on 24th Aug 09 at 19:42
	ok thanks so getttin the tracking done will sort out the streering?
scottc1088	posted on 24th Aug 09 at 19:39
	how would the track rod ends have been moved? they dont need to come off. the tracking will be out as the track rods are at a different angle now its lower
alan-g-w	posted on 24th Aug 09 at 19:35
	It's not necessarily because it's lower, just because the track rod ends will have been moved when they swapped the front struts over. Take it to somewhere that does tracking and it should sort out the wonky steering wheel. [Edited on 24-08-2009 by alan-g-w]
Dave_P	posted on 24th Aug 09 at 19:31
	so is that why my steering wheel is out of line now?
scottc1088	posted on 24th Aug 09 at 19:29
	yeah tracking will be out as its lower
Dave_P	posted on 24th Aug 09 at 19:20
	i lowered my car on saterday and i herd somewere that you need to get your tracking done after lowering you car? i changed the sprigns and shocks, also i have noticed after lowering my car that the streering wheel is no longer straight :S is this normal or is it the tracking being out? any help would be appreciated cheers :thumbs: