Holy bent camber plates batman!

[Stripes]

Could this be what is throwing my camber off?

[Dittoz7]

Highly Doubt It.

[Stripes]

Then it must be the coil its self.

[Stripes]

I switched the camber plates between coils today. The passengers coil/camber plate was the one that got jacked and the drivers side was perfectly fine. After switching, I noticed no difference in adjustable movement on the drivers side, but the passengers side was actually fixed somewhat.Before, I had to have the passengers side camber plate pushed all the way negative in order to have my wheel straight and now it actually cambers in when I adjust it in. After I got the car back on the ground, I noticed that my passengers side wheel sinks into the wheel well about .5" more than my drivers side. I'm thinking either my coilover is still slightly bent, or my spindle is bent although I find it highly unlikely because my subframe suffered no damage. Any input?

[Bstrd240SX]

your subframe suffered no damage from what? did you hit something at some point ?

[adrianfromthecastle]

Before, I had to have the passengers side camber plate pushed all the way negative in order to have my wheel straight and now it actually cambers in when I adjust it in. After I got the car back on the ground, I noticed that my passengers side wheel sinks into the wheel well about .5" more than my drivers side. I'm thinking either my coilover is still slightly bent, or my spindle is bent although I find it highly unlikely because my subframe suffered no damage. Any input?

there's a number of things that can cause it.. but judging it by the fender wells is a poor way of determining. You need an alignment dude. You're fenders could be off

[Stripes]

your subframe suffered no damage from what? did you hit something at some point ?

I nailed a curb last April and I've been riding on the same coils since then.

there's a number of things that can cause it.. but judging it by the fender wells is a poor way of determining. You need an alignment dude. You're fenders could be off

I agree, measuring from the fender to the tire isn't the best way, but the two sides should at least be within reasonable measurements of each other. I don't think an alignment will fix anything as far as the camber being thrown off or my wheel being sunk in. I have replaced everything besides the coil and the spindle so it must be one of the two, but like I said, the sub frame is perfectly fine so I don't think it's the spindle.

[Bstrd240SX]

your subframe could be swayedyour spindle can be bentyour control arm could be bentyour struts probably bentyour STRUT TOWER can be bent

considering that camber plate is bent upwards, id be surprised if your strut tower isnt damaged, or that your assessment that your sub frame is fine is correct .

[Stripes]

I thought of the subframe being swayed as well, but wouldn't it bend where the control arm connects before that happens? If it is swayed, would that mean the bolts holding it to the chassis are bent? I doubt it's the sub frame, but you are right, it is possible.I have a brand spankin new control arm on there, so that's not the issue. I'm sure the strut is bent, even if the eye can not see it.How could I go about checking to see if my strut tower is bent or not? The only way I can think of checking it is to replace everything else and if that doesn't change anything then it must be the tower.In my rear, my sub frame was bent among other things. After I replaced them all, I found that the spindle was bent so I replaced it and that fixed my problem; no damage to the strut tower.

[Bstrd240SX]

the bolt holes in the frame rail could be stretched, allowing the subframe to move to one side, OR the subframe itself could be racked, meaning the crossmember section that runs side to side is no longer centered compared to the bolt flanges at the top (like a cheap loose bookshelf thats leaning to one side)

as for the strut towers, somewhere around here theres the frame measurements needed to varify the chassis is still straight, ill see if i can find them and post them up for ya

[Stripes]

Okay I get what you're saying. I guess to check my sub frame I can measure the distance from a point on my frame rail to a point on my sub frame on the divers side and passengers side. That would be awesome if you could post up those frame measurements man, thanks a million for even looking it up

[Bstrd240SX]

http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/240sx/1994/bf.pdf

last section on the left is "body alignment"

and if you want to check if your subframe is swayed, pick some reference points that are the same on each side (2 high and 2 low) and cross measure each way

an example might be to hook your tape on the outside edge of the driver side bolt flange, and measure down to the outer edge of the passenger side control arm mount, then do the same the other direction

[Stripes]

Awesome man! Thanks a lot I'll have to test this out tomorrow.