Jules S
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Originally posted by 87dannyboy
if its standard suspension and not lowered at all it can only be that the front wheel alignment is out like ian said. but i dont think it would be tyre pressure related as, if the tyres are under inflated it will wear on the inner and outer edges. get ur tracking re aligned.
Lowering a car 'shouldn't' affect camber mind you...
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Joe
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People are getting Camber mixed up with tracking. The Camber is fixed on a Corsa so not really adjustable, unless you have hit something really hard side on the Camber will be fine.
Sounds like the tracking is way out, toeing out too much.
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87dannyboy
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i cant work it out in my head why camber would be affected when lowering a car. but i know that a lot of really low cars have crazy camber on the front wheels. i was saying that it wasnt camber related though and that the problem is wheel alignment.
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Limecat
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quote:
Originally posted by Jules S
quote:
Originally posted by 87dannyboy
if its standard suspension and not lowered at all it can only be that the front wheel alignment is out like ian said. but i dont think it would be tyre pressure related as, if the tyres are under inflated it will wear on the inner and outer edges. get ur tracking re aligned.
Lowering a car 'shouldn't' affect camber mind you...
WTF? Yes it should, the only way it 'shouldn't' is if people do it properly and invest in a means of camber correction, 95% of people dont IMO.
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Originally posted by 87dannyboy
i cant work it out in my head why camber would be affected when lowering a car. but i know that a lot of really low cars have crazy camber on the front wheels. i was saying that it wasnt camber related though and that the problem is wheel alignment.
The pivot point is fixed for the bottom arm and the suspension, as the suspension compresses it results in serious negative camber.
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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Originally posted by joe6886
People are getting Camber mixed up with tracking. The Camber is fixed on a Corsa so not really adjustable, unless you have hit something really hard side on the Camber will be fine.
Sounds like the tracking is way out, toeing out too much.
Thank god you said it 
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Shelly
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Some pics of the damage...
Got 2 new tyres and had the tracking done now... hopefully should be ok... 
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Steve X16XE
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Thats some good going there.
Main thing is you'll be alot safer now.
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Joe
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Did they say the tracking was out?
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Shelly
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I had no idea they were that bad...
Yeah the mechanic said thats what it would be, hopefully all sorted now.
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Steve X16XE
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So nothing is damaged under there?
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Shelly
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I don't think so, the garage checked it over anyway...
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