eov32885

how do you fix positive camber on the front tires?

ack154

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Get an alignment.

killerxromances

and/or camber plates.

eov32885

I already got an alignment, but the guy told me it was still a lil positive

They have camber plates for the front for tc?

killerxromances

Are you sure its positive camber and not negative camber? And i dont think they make them at this time, they should be coming out soon if they don't.

FModFTD

Two methods:
1) get "crash bolts", they are bolts that hold the hub to the strut, and they're smaller diameter, which allows more adjustment in the camber. (search around the posts--there's Scion part numbers for different size crash bolts)
2) the cheap & dirty way is to drop the front struts, take a rat-tail file and widen the holes in the strut towers into slots towards the middle of car. Then replace the struts and move the tops toward the middle of the car. Of course, the strut could rub the strut tower or cause other interference, so proceed at your own risk. You could even measure things and use trig to figure out the angle change (BTW I'm watching Beauty and the Geek as I write)

Mista3

They offer camber bolts for the front but I think they are only sold as part of the camber kit.

eov32885

Yeah I'm sure it's positive...It's like that b/c I ran into a sidewalk.....so yeah. I had a couple of different people look at it and they said nothing was bent...so I did the allingment and they told me that the allingment was done, but the tire had some posotive camber due to the fact that that I ran into a sidewalk. I did find some bolts on this site...they are called ingals fastcam adjusting bolt and it says it will fix positive camber.

eov32885

About the bolts I mentioned on top^^ I can't find them! I find the ones that are 17mm but the product code is 81290....but it says http://www.ingallseng.com/cars/scion.html here that the product code should be 81280....I'm soo confused!

crayonBOX

Fmod is right - i bought the crash bolts at my dealer for less than $3 a piece - worth every penny

eov32885

Did you buy them for the tc or xb?

eov32885

^^

hahaitzskippy

positive camber?
wat did you do to get positive camber...

if you lowered ur car, arent you more likely to get NEGATIVE camber?

dp-_-

You can buy camber bolts for the tC. I recently put in new wheels and for whatever reason, all of the settings were fubared. Some could be adjusted a great range on one wheel, the other would be the complete opposite. It was wierd. Anyway, there's a bolt that can be had and it's as easy as swapping it out....

killerxromances

Thats what i'm trying to figure out, very rare does someone get positive camber from lowering a car. If he has negative camber, its not enough to chew up the existing tires and an alignment obviously doesn't fix camber. Negative camber to a certain degree helps with cornering and handling.

I really think hes getting positive and negative mixed up. If it he isn't, and truly has positive camber than thats rare.

eov32885

A while back I hit a sidewalk, so it pushed the bottom of the tire in ......thus getting positive camber......true I HAD negative at first....I mean it's nothing huge or anything. But I want to get it back to perfect.

eov32885

So did you change out the camber bolts? If so where did you buy the replacements? THanks

dp-_-

i bought mine from a local toyo/lexus repair shop