Help ASAP!! G35 comes from Factory with only -.05 Camber ?????

[eZg001]

So dealership installed aftermarket camber kit yesterday. Talking to the tech beforehand he thought the G came with -1.5 camber in the front so we agreed to change the camber to -.5

After leaving I noticed that my print out said "Add +.5 to camber" or some such thing that was def. different than what the tech and I talked about. I had to take the car back this morning because ABS, VDC, etc lights came on. I spoke to the tech who said the G only has -.5 camber from the factory. That can't be right can it? As it stands, I now have NO camber which isn't good.....

I am trying to improve tire life AND balance handling.

Any advise?
Modified by eZg001 at 8:54 AM 9/19/2008

[awdjdmtalon]

I just did my alignment last night. Now our machine gives the measurements in min. of angle. So you will have to figure out what that translates into deg.

My front camber is -1 08' on the Left (which is in the yellow) and the right is at -0 48' (which is in the green)

the range shows -1 15' to 0 15'.

I need to get some camber arms soon. But no $$$ for them at the moment

[C-Kwik]

Cars with multi-link and double wishbone suspensions don't necessarily need much negative camber. During cornering, the suspension will gain negative camber (with respect to the chassis) which helps keep the tire more upright. Strut based suspensions tend to have very little dynamic camber gains and thus tend to display much positive camber (with respect to the road) and may need a lot of static camber dialed in to reduce this issue. The problem is too much negative camber will reduce braking traction.

Frankly, though, it would be hard to gauge exactly how much negative camber would be ideal for handling anyways without a lot of experience with your specific set-up and perhaps without some trial and error tuning at the track. Especially if you used adjustable upper arms to adjust camber as they effectively change the A-Arm length to achieve the camber change. Dialing in more negative camber requires you to shorten the arm, which will increase the dynamic camber change rate. It would be hard to predict exacly how much is ideal as a result.