easy, cheap camber fix

david103 · Post by **david103** » May 23rd, 2002, 6:37 pm

for all of you with lowered cars suffering from camber wear on your tires... you can take about 2 degrees off the camber by:locate the two bolts that hold the wheel assembly to the strut. take out the top bolt. replace it with a thinner but equally as strong (important!) bolt. you now have a little pivot action with your wheel. pull the top of the wheel out as far as needed and retighten the bolt(s). i fixed nearly 3 degrees by doing this and my car is pretty low.i know its kinda cheating, but i'm not paying 500 bucks for a camber kit. its been on there for two months now and i deliver pizzas so i put on more miles than just aobut anyone. dave

white fish · Post by **white fish** » May 23rd, 2002, 10:54 pm

haven't done this myself but cant you also just inlarge the hole

ProtegeSTS · Post by **ProtegeSTS** » May 27th, 2002, 8:41 pm

wow...you just invented camber bolts.... call Mazda Motorsports, and they are dirt cheap. Anyway, strut-suspended cars dont have too much negitive camber, and are actually quite the opposite. Using camber bolts will help you achieve negitive camber.

eunosads · Post by **eunosads** » May 28th, 2002, 11:38 am

hmm.. I have had camber bolts on my car for a while now.. I think they cost me $30/pair... well done on the innovation though.. shows you were thinkin the same as at least one other person out there.. hehhe...

Mradio · Post by **Mradio** » July 13th, 2002, 3:02 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ProtegeSTS: wow...you just invented camber bolts.... call Mazda Motorsports, and they are dirt cheap. Anyway, strut-suspended cars dont have too much negitive camber, and are actually quite the opposite. Using camber bolts will help you achieve negitive camber.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Could you please help me find those bolts??? I was looking everywhere and couldn't seem to find them thanks

ProtegeSTS · Post by **ProtegeSTS** » July 15th, 2002, 12:35 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vlad: Could you please help me find those bolts??? I was looking everywhere and couldn't seem to find them thanks<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>call MazdaMotorsports.

ProtegeSTS · Post by **ProtegeSTS** » July 15th, 2002, 1:30 pm

MazdaMotorsports sells them for like 10. Call them.

Mradio · Post by **Mradio** » July 15th, 2002, 7:28 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ProtegeSTS: wow...you just invented camber bolts.... call Mazda Motorsports, and they are dirt cheap. Anyway, strut-suspended cars dont have too much negitive camber, and are actually quite the opposite. Using camber bolts will help you achieve negitive camber.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>here is my question about these camber bolts: the top of my tires is pointed inward, so the camber right now is negative. What I need to do is bring it back to normal, which has to be more positive. So iam guessing camber bolts won't help me. Is that correct?Can someone please explain the difference between the camber bolts and alighnment/camber kits? And which one do i need? thanks guys

ProtegeSTS · Post by **ProtegeSTS** » July 15th, 2002, 7:57 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Vlad: here is my question about these camber bolts: the top of my tires is pointed inward, so the camber right now is negative. What I need to do is bring it back to normal, which has to be more positive. So iam guessing camber bolts won't help me. Is that correct?Can someone please explain the difference between the camber bolts and alighnment/camber kits? And which one do i need? thanks guys<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Camber "kits" are for cars with double wishbone suspensnions, which we dont have. "camber bolts" will help you with your problem as well. How much negitive camber do you have?

ProtegeSTS · Post by **ProtegeSTS** » July 19th, 2002, 1:38 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by oo7sniper: Actually there is a Camber " plate kit" for the MX-3. It is made by Cusco & Corksport sells them for $209. I believe Derrick said it gives up to 3 degrees posative or negative camber. The bolts I have only allow 1 degree posative or negative.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Yes...a) the bolts are ~10 bucks

By the way, in order to get a lot of camber or caster with those plates, you need to use coilovers. The stock springs are too big and will hit the inside of the strut tower if you try to max them out.

Mradio · Post by **Mradio** » September 16th, 2002, 5:55 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by ProtegeSTS: Camber "kits" are for cars with double wishbone suspensnions, which we dont have. "camber bolts" will help you with your problem as well. How much negitive camber do you have?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>jesse, sorry it took a while to find that out. i just had an alighnment, here's what my camber is: left front: -2.3 right front: -1.4 left rear: -2.7 right rear: -2.8 as compared to the specified range, which is between: left front: -1.6 -0.1 right front: -1.6 -0.1 left rear: -1.7 -0.2 right rear: -1.7 -0.2 the camber is way off, the technician said that there's no way that they can fix that, and that i will need to get camber bolts. Now i am thinking what should i get, camber bolts or the camber kit from eibach. thanks for any help.

Buff1110 · Post by **Buff1110** » September 18th, 2002, 1:45 pm

make ur own camber bolts, my camber was off just as much after lowering. goto home depot or equivalent and buy grade 8 bolts. i belive i used 5/8*2.5 on the rear and 6/8*2.5 up front i belive. Dan

Mradio · Post by **Mradio** » September 18th, 2002, 8:07 pm

did you get 1 bolt for each side, or 2?

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