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      06-04-2014, 08:58 AM   #1
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Stock rear camber adjustment

Did some searching online, and I can't seem to find a good DIY (w/ pictures ) to adjust the rear cambers. I recently had to change my rear tires out (worn out, inner wear), and that's when I realized that I had negative camber. The car has a stock M-Sport suspension, and any help/advice would be great!!! Thanks!

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      06-04-2014, 10:20 AM   #2
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Unless you have the means to accurately measure both camber, toe and thrust angle, you can't DIY. If you had that means, you would know how to do it by looking under the car.

Recommendation - pay an alignment shop.
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I hope you have negative rear camber. Car would be almost undriveable without it. You probably have a rear toe issue, most likely to much negative toe.
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      06-04-2014, 02:03 PM   #4
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Yes, the car has negative rear camber. It's driveable, and I plan on getting an alignment soon. It's just that one side looks like it has more negative camber than the other, so i wanted to at least equally adjust it
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Unfortunately changing camber also changes toe which changes the thrust axis. If you have one camber different from the other side everything is likely quite off already, and if it isn't, it will be once you readjust just the camber on one side.
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