Camber imbalance

[Shawn Sexton]

Ok so I installed a set of Vogtland springs, lowered the car about 5/8" front and rear. (Seller advertised as 1.4" all around) can't complain though because $50 for 4 new springs.

Quick + dirty measurments with digital degree meter from HF mounted to the brake rotors on level driveway.

After lowering, camber is -1.9 Pass. side, and -0.9 drivers side.

I tried the 180 swap for the upper strut mounts, now at -1.2 Pass. side, and -0.2 Drivers side. The offset of the upper is ~6-7 mm.

Net Positive gain is equal on both sides, but imbalance of 1.0 degrees.

I started to think about the engine cradle and shifting it toward the drivers side.

Any opinions on if I could gain 0.5 degrees to balance out both sides?

Figure I could get close to -0.7 degrees both sides if I had enough room for adjustment.

thanks for input

Shawn

 

[19COBRA93]

You should be able to gain that by manipulating the K member. It's kind of a pain.

 

[Shawn Sexton]

thanks

I will try, was wondering if I would come up against obstacles, like locating pins, etc.

 

[19COBRA93]

Oh there will be obstacles, but the amount you need is very small, so I think it's possible.

 

[fdjizm]

There is some play in the shock tower mounts you can mess with after loosening the nuts, the bolts are a bit smaller than the holes and you can pull or push the top of the wheel.