Never owned adjustable camber arms before and need to dial in a bit more neg as well as roll arches more to solve a rubbing problem and also because with 225 Toyos on the back it either grips like a lunatic or swaps ends when i initiate with the clutch. Is it best to get camber done professionally with specialist alignment tools or can it be done easily enough by a relative noob? Halp
depends how much effort you're willing to put in. Adjusting camber mean's you'll also need to adjust toe which I can't see being fun with the rear trailing arm set up. 225 toyos sounds like an expensive way to skid
If you can't fit 225s without a load of camber then you need more sensible wheels tbh. You want to be making the camber flatter, not the other way. Without wanting to sound rude, the swapping ends thing is down to the driver not the car. Regardless, get the setup done on a hunter alignment system.
my car had quite a bit of camber when it was slammed. thats on Stock camber arms, adjusted to max positive. have you tried adjusting the ones you already have?
9J et14 on the rear. My e36 touring was considerably easier to drift but there are so e pretty fundamental differences between that one and this (coilovers, final drive, tyre width and type etc) so while there's definitely some getting used to the new car to be done, the sideways characteristics of the two cars are hugely different. As mentioned in op, i'm willing to adjust the camber arms i have but i dont have the expertise as i've never done it before.
ah yes, that would cause some rubbings! maxing the neg camber on stock arms is SUPER easy. they are the lowest bolts on the rear suspension. jack up car (or lift), take wheels off (harder to get by with the wheels on, but very possible. Loosen bolt/nut, one of those has a excentric ring on it, turn that so the wheel moves OUT, tighten it, do other side, DONE. it really shows itself how its done when you look at it
I dont have stock arms though lol I'm more concerned with the accuracy and symmetry of my adjustments. How do i measure how nuch camber i've applied?
I haven't got one on mine either, never really noticed a massive difference either. Some people choose to run without them for whatever reason.
yea maybe if you're running stiff coilovers. On JOM's and m3 anti roll bars mine was still rolling loads. Fk's are effectively the same thing right?
The dude i bought the car off decided the exhaust was more important than the arb -__-' Priorities lol That's getting fixed as soon as i can afford it, particularly with the spongey dampers.
I suspect the lack of arb has more to do with the grip than the camber. Cheap coily kits on 36s always have soft shit rear set up. You want more arb not less.
Precisely what i suspected. Just gotta live with it till better (or at least replacement) coilovers can be afforded perhaps.
