Rear camber kit?

indyfto · Post by **indyfto** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 3:11 am

Does anyone stock a rear camber adjustment kit or similar? My rear setup is unable to be aligned effectively due to 225/35 18s and being slightly lowered. The best that can be achieved is a camber of around -1.5 degrees and worse still the toe is out to the tune of 6mm and 3mm or thereabouts. This is causing havoc on my tyres so I really would like to know if anyone else has this problem and what can be done to fix it.

salacious · Post by **salacious** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 4:14 am

Are you sure that they know what they are doing? I know other drivers that have the same setup of wheels and tyres and they don't have a problem with their alignment

Breza · Post by **Breza** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:14 am

Brad,

Didn't think you could get an off the shelf rear camber kit for the FTO as the rear end is adjustable enough for most purposes.

I would have thought 1.5 degrees is enough......

Must be something to do with those Whiteline Super Lows you have fitted.

Cheers

Chris

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:57 am

how much camber did you want?

indyfto · Post by **indyfto** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 2:41 am

OK I don't think I was particularly clear

I only want to fix the problem of premature tyre wear which is caused by the camber and toe being less than ideal. It doesn't worry me what settings are used but they tell me that neither toe nor camber can be improved to aid tyre wear. Hence me questioning about an aftermarket kit. Perhaps I should get it looked at by someone else. If only that was easier as the thing is so low that it needs a "pit" to be aligned as it won't clear any ramps - ah but the perils of the modified car

ruchi · Post by **ruchi** » Wed Oct 13, 2004 9:35 am

Make sure they know what settings the FTO has a standard otherwise they will probably try to set it to 0 degrees camber.

As standard the rear of the FTO has 1 degree of camber (from memory) and if you reduce this to 0 you will also decrease some of the FTO's excellent handling abilities.