romeo t
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Registered: 14th Sep 03
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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
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romeo t
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ttt
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diddon
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go to a tyre place and get it on a hunter alignment machine.
Might cost £100 though, but cheaper than tyres
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
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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 
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Gambit
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Registered: 5th Jun 00
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i didnt think the camber was adjustable on corsa's though?
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Kerry
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oh rite i thought it was adjustable on any car 
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and-m
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Registered: 5th May 02
Location: Liverpool. Drives. Skud vRS.
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not its not, you can get adjustable camber kits though
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diddon
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might be your toes out then?
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and-m
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nah its probably 'slammed' so the camber will be well out 
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Kerry
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shall i get my coat  
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Cybermonkey
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i thought you could adjust the camber on any car too??
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and-m
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probably can but small cars as well as corsas are pretty basic
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Greasemonkey
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no not on a corsa you do need a camber kit
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Cybermonkey
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aaaah i see.
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Gambit
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Registered: 5th Jun 00
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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]
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Kerry
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Registered: 5th Oct 01
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quote:
Originally posted by Gambit
best idea would be to get it on the 4wheel alignment machines
 thats wot i said 
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Gambit
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aye but i jsut elaborated on it, to show the actual benefits of getting it done
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vc07
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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.
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TOMAS
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Registered: 7th Aug 02
Location: Nottinghamshire
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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 
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