Positive Camber Fix?

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SeVa-S13
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Car: '05 GTO 6spd

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I bought an '89 hatch as a beater not more than a couple months ago from a NICO member who had aftermarket suspension on it (Struts/Springs) so it was probabaly lowered a reasonable amount. When he sold it to me, he restored the suspension to the stock bits and I just recently realized that my fron wheels have atrocious positive camber. I always thought the front tires squealing in a turn with any throttle was because they might have just been cheap tires. Well the outer edges on both my front tires are completely worn bald, and even showing the the threads/band things beneath some of the rubber.

My question is this: Is there a way for me to correct this myself? I was just planning on taing it to a shop and getting it aligned and whatnot seeing as it pulled pretty hard to the right as it is. But if I can fix this one problem myself and save some money, I'm all for it. Any help would be appreciated. :)


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Dori Dori
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There is no camber adjustment in the front (stock). You'd have to either get a suspension w/ adjustable top mounts or get some eccentric bolts. Either way, get your car on the rack and see what your settings are...your toe is probably what's really f'd up.

Nismo_Freak
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Car: 89 Nissan 240SX

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If you have hard positive camber check the suspension for bent componentry, and check the bolts to make sure they aren't eccentric.


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