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TOMAS

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 11:50

Camber is fixed but you can elongate the top hole in the strut to hub mounting. Anything more than 2deg neg is classed as tyre wearing, my coilovers have left me with 1.8 deg neg camber (with 75mm drop) so I left it but its EASY to just elongate the TOP hole using a suitable file.
If your tyres are wearing quick I sugest that the Toe will be out. The rears are FIXED so dont worry too much about them.
Nottingham Wheel Allignment center charge £30 and it takes them approx 40mins :thumbs:


vc07

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 10:37

i had da same prob with da camber but it turned out to be the strut was bent on the drivers side. when its sittin still you could see the wheel was way off. strut's only bout £40 wit vaux so i'm gonna get it in the next few weeks. check that out cos it summat you wouldnt tink of.


Gambit

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 10:31

aye but i jsut elaborated on it, to show the actual benefits of getting it done ;)


Kerry

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 10:10

quote:
Originally posted by Gambit
best idea would be to get it on the 4wheel alignment machines


:| thats wot i said :P


Gambit

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 10:05

best idea would be to get it on the 4wheel alignment machines and they'll give you a detailed readout on the camber, castor, toe & tracking (before & after)

then you can see how much the camber & castor is out, they will sort the toe and tracking for you

they will also show you the tolerances for each

only costs bout £35 and is well worth it

with my car, you could get special bolts from VAG which replaced the standard bolts to allow camber adjustment

[Edited on 28-10-2003 by Gambit]


Cybermonkey

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 10:03

aaaah i see.


Greasemonkey

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 10:00

no not on a corsa you do need a camber kit


and-m

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 09:58

probably can but small cars as well as corsas are pretty basic


Cybermonkey

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 09:53

i thought you could adjust the camber on any car too??


Kerry

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 09:44

shall i get my coat :look: :lol:


and-m

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 09:41

nah its probably 'slammed' so the camber will be well out ;)


diddon

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 09:40

might be your toes out then?


and-m

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 09:39

not its not, you can get adjustable camber kits though


Kerry

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 09:28

oh rite i thought it was adjustable on any car :boggle:


Gambit

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 09:24

i didnt think the camber was adjustable on corsa's though?


Kerry

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 09:21

u need a 4 wheel alignment i had one of these when i got the coilovers on i think prices vary but it cost me £45. also different places use different methods lasers/string. that will sort ure camber out though. just give a few tyre places a ring someone should be able to point u in the right direction :)


diddon

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 09:15

go to a tyre place and get it on a hunter alignment machine.

Might cost £100 though, but cheaper than tyres


romeo t

posted on 28th Oct 03 at 09:01

ttt


romeo t

posted on 27th Oct 03 at 09:17

had the tracking done but they said the camber was miles out. how can i rectify this as im going thru tyres like evey three months on the front1
cheers