What causes negative camber, other than lowering you car.
02-10-2006, 09:06 PM
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What causes negative camber, other than lowering you car.
I just got an alignment a couple days ago and my right front tire had -1.8 camber, and the left tire had -3.1. why the difference?
02-11-2006, 09:26 PM
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You ask for causes other then lowering, however you lowered it on GC coilovers.
It's the GC's that gave you the camber problem unless the car has been in a serious crash.
It's the GC's that gave you the camber problem unless the car has been in a serious crash.
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The actual camber differences from the passenger's to the driver's side is either due to slightly different heights on the coilovers themselves(double check that both sides are the same height), or u have some worn components.
U don't ever have to wreck your car for there to be camber differences. Driving over potholes, on bad roads, and normal wear and tear contribute to differing camber. On a side note, camber will not affect tire wear as much as alignment will. I had some Falken's on my rex for 6 months on the back that has about 2 degrees negative camber, but they didn't wear a bit. As soon as I switched them over to the front(which was misaligned), they wore in about 2 months. Just goes to show that the myth about wearing tires out super fast due to camber is not true, it's due to misalignment.
As far as what causes negative camber... Normally, there is supposed to be a slightly negative camber on our cars. More than a degree and a half or so, and it's probably caused by lowering the car or worn suspension components.
U don't ever have to wreck your car for there to be camber differences. Driving over potholes, on bad roads, and normal wear and tear contribute to differing camber. On a side note, camber will not affect tire wear as much as alignment will. I had some Falken's on my rex for 6 months on the back that has about 2 degrees negative camber, but they didn't wear a bit. As soon as I switched them over to the front(which was misaligned), they wore in about 2 months. Just goes to show that the myth about wearing tires out super fast due to camber is not true, it's due to misalignment.
As far as what causes negative camber... Normally, there is supposed to be a slightly negative camber on our cars. More than a degree and a half or so, and it's probably caused by lowering the car or worn suspension components.
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02-13-2006, 09:36 PM
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Two degrees negative camber isn't bad, spec for most Honda cars is about one degree negative. One of my roommates has over 20k miles on his tires, around -2* camber on all for corners with no unusual wear.
Potholes and slight road damage generally won't cause unusual wear. Crashes, curbing, and worn out components are the main factors of serious alignment issues outside of customer suspension modification.
Potholes and slight road damage generally won't cause unusual wear. Crashes, curbing, and worn out components are the main factors of serious alignment issues outside of customer suspension modification.
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neg. camber can be caused by worn suspension parts such as bushings or shocks and bent suspension parts such as a bent tie rod end or lower control arm hitting a pothole and going into jounce and rebound can cause this effect but there are ways to fix it to get it within specs with camber kits sold onvarious sites or in some cases extending the bolt holes on the upper end of the shock undre the hood but that is some cases may not fit this case scenerio so don't go cutting metal away