Camber issues caused by teins.

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Anything I can do about this? I went and had an alignment done but I was told they were already pushed out as far as they will go. Im just a little nervous of premature tire wear. Is there a kit I can buy of some kind to correct this issue?


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Is this front or rear? You might get away with shimming the bracket to which the control arm is attached, else, get adjustable control arms.

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DrewQ45 wrote:Is this front or rear? You might get away with shimming the bracket to which the control arm is attached, else, get adjustable control arms.
McPherson strut front would require an adjustable top mount.

SPL upper arms should work in the rear. I can run my FY33 by if need be. Might become an issue with the Eibachs anyway as it is -.1° past specification now.

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It's not like this is unique to Tein springs, all lowering springs will create negative camber due to the natural arch of the control arms movement, which is now lower than it was at stock height. You should have no problems with any of the settings other than camber. My Q is at roughly -1.5 in front and -2.5 in the rear. Such mild negative camber alone will not wear out your tires much faster than none at all. I'm at just about 2 years on the Teins now, and granted, I changed my wheels twice in that time, but when I sold the last set, the tires with one year and about 10k on them still looked new with even wear all the way across. Don't worry so much about it. If your alignment shop gives you grief and acts like this is some big deal, find a performance shop with flat load racks who have more of a clue what their talking about.

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its most important to have your toe readjusted after a lowering. OTher than that, i agree with kevin. PLUS the front mcpherson setup needs a little more negative camber to start with than does the multlink of the earlier Q.

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Toe and Caster. I've had negative camber on every car I've owned since 1993.


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