help please!!negative angle of suspansion on 97 s14

[s14superman]

hi i am new on this site, and i need some help on my s14...please help!!

i had lowered the car with lowering springs(2" lower) long time ago, and the tires are wearing out only the inner sides(it was like that before i lowered it) and i got 17" rim with 225-45 tires on.

1 how can i fix the negative angle problem ? 2 what do i need to buy?3 can i fix it myself ? (if i have instration i believe i can )4 how can i save money to fix it? (got no gob now )

thank you very much for all the help!

[Structure240sx]

its called camber and you have negative camber. for the rear you can get adjsutable rear upper control arms. i have the ebay brnad and they have been holding up great. for the front there are eccentric bolts and that give you some adjust ment and are cheap. or front camber plates will give you all the adjustment you need. if you are able to lower the car then you can install these items

[180fan]

Well the new RUCA's *(rear upper control arm) will solve the camber problem, however it will lead to excessive toe in. You'll also need to get toe links after the RUCAs.

[s14superman]

hi thank you very mcuh!i did alignment in one of the tire shop, but they could not do it, the paper show the front -1.75 and -1.25 the rears are -0.75 and -1.0, they told me that is the best they can get...hi! but do they make front camber plates for stock shock? i got a pair, but they do not fit... and it looks like for coilovers....thank you !!!!!!!!!!!

[180fan]

Yes, you can put them on the front instead of using the stock rubber insulator, you can use upper pillow mounts.

[s14superman]

Yes, you can put them on the front instead of using the stock rubber insulator, you can use upper pillow mounts.

hithank y'all for the info.. but how to make the camber plate fit? the nuts on the pair i have is too big for the stock shocks, and even i have the smaller unts ,it still looks to short for the nuts to hold on to the shocks... also how do i do the upper pillow monuts??thank you man!^__^

[s14superman]

hi i made a mistake.. the front left -1.1front right -3.0rear left -2.1 rear right -2.1thank y'all!

[ddgsxr504]

Wow you need a fron end alignment among other things if your front left is 1.1 and the right is 3.0

[Mishka]

Hey, Structure! Question about eccentric bolts. What's the range of an adjustment. I just replaced all links in the rear, want something simple for the front for now at least. Thanks.

Edited.Found it. Can correct +/- 1 degree, or 1.25 inch drop.
Modified by Mishka at 3:21 AM 3/9/2005

[s14superman]

hii did do the alignment, but they told me , there is nothing they can do...help....thanks

[s14superman]

also does coilover help?

[onosqv]

coilovers will help if you have the camber adjustments for them.

Make sure you tell them what you have, otherwise they won't know to adjust it.

Camber bolts help a little (but only about +/- 1 degree).

You should have them check for anything bent in the front (i.e. tie rod, tension rod, lower arm, etc).

For mine, the rear just needed RUCA & camber bolts, front needed adjustable tension rods (caster) & camber bolts.

The pillow ball camber mounts for the front should def help, make sure the shop knows you have em and that the shop knows how to adjust them.

[s14superman]

thank you so much for the info. i will go to the shop and check it out... i will up date with what happened.thanks !