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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 03:37 PM
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ive been having problems with my drivers side wheel rubbing the fender over big bumps so i went and got a alignment and both my back wheels were in spec so they wouldnt adjust them anymore but my wheel that rubs was like +1.5 camber and my other wheels was +1 so i wanna adjust the +1.5 wheel to +1.0 but i cant really figure out what under the car to adjust. i can clearly see the adjuster to adjust the toe but not camber..i found this article below and see the bolt on there but im not really sure where on the car it is

http://zoltiz.com/cars/tc/files/tcrearalignment.pdf
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Are you on stock suspension or aftermarket coilovers?
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^Im on stock with TRD springs, can you still adjust?
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When you got the alignment you should have told him your problem and told him to camber it in. I have messed with my camber many times.This is what you do to camber the rears: raise the car from behind and once you raise it you will see this shiny silver thing with a bolt on the center and little lines on it (looks kinda like a washer). It is a 17mm bolt. You loosen the bolt than once it is loose you adjust the camber with the bolt directly behind it, which is a 19mm bolt. As for the fronts you may want to get some front camber bolts.

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Old Apr 28, 2010 | 07:50 PM
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I thought oem spec for the rear was something like 0 to -.9 .... I don't think you really want to be at + anything.

You need to add negative camber.

-1.5 in the rear is a mild road race setting, anything over that is getting aggressive. I run -1.6F and -2R and a lot of guys go way more aggressive than that.
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Originally Posted by dqlostsoulz
When you got the alignment you should have told him your problem and told him to camber it in. I have messed with my camber many times.This is what you do to camber the rears: raise the car from behind and once you raise it you will see this shiny silver thing with a bolt on the center and little lines on it (looks kinda like a washer). It is a 17mm bolt. You loosen the bolt than once it is loose you adjust the camber with the bolt directly behind it, which is a 19mm bolt. As for the fronts you may want to get some front camber bolts.
when you say directly behind it do you mean like on the side like the bolt part. i saw the shiny thing with the 17mm nut and i losened it and but didnt really know where to go from there. im taking it in tomorrow again to get it re aligned cuz i messed and now its pulling hard left when the steering wheel is straight and if they wont adjust cuz last time when i asked they said once it meets specs there done so well see tomorrow if not ill try again myself
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Why would you possibly want to leave the positive camber up front? Negative will handle worlds better. And you should not need any sort of camber adjustors with trd springs. Ran them for a very long time and camber was fine.

But if you need much adjustment (they can wiggle a little bit out of it) then get some camber bolts. I personally run about -1.5 up front normally and about -2.75 when I autox.
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Originally Posted by egobuster1
when you say directly behind it do you mean like on the side like the bolt part. i saw the shiny thing with the 17mm nut and i losened it and but didnt really know where to go from there. im taking it in tomorrow again to get it re aligned cuz i messed and now its pulling hard left when the steering wheel is straight and if they wont adjust cuz last time when i asked they said once it meets specs there done so well see tomorrow if not ill try again myself
there is a 19mm bolt on the other end of that one. Its like right behind it. if u go under the car and lay right under the camber nut you will see another bolt. And that is what adjust the camber.
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