dirtride
Veteran Member
To correct a little too much negative camber spec on the front left side, I should shift the sub frame to the left or to the right?
but then if you're camber on the other side is on point it will end up causing that side to go negative??Right. That will move the control arm towards the center of the car, reducing negative camber.
did you notice any issues steering when it was wet?Just like IBW said. Move towards the passenger side to increase camber (reduce negative camber? however you want to think of it) on the left front. This of course does mean that the right front will get more negative camber. So, depending on how close that side is to spec you may be limited in how far you can move to correct the left side before the right goes out of spec.
Though, in my experience, a couple tenths of camber are not going to be noticeable for tire wear or handling. Getting toe 100% correct and replacing worn/loose suspension components is going to take care of any tire wear concern.
Used to love that about Mk3s, I could adjust the camber from the factory on those, I'd put them near -2.0 degrees so I could drive like an even bigger idiot around corners and I still didn't notice any excessive inner tire wear because I drove it harder in corners and I made sure nothing was loose and the toe setting was spot on.
Toe is a far bigger concern when it comes to tire wear than camber.
Positive camber to that degree is far more likely to be a bent control arm than anything else. Possibly a little bit of a tweaked subframe, too, but mostly in that control arm.but then if you're camber on the other side is on point it will end up causing that side to go negative??
my camber is -1 on the left side (which seems to within spec according to the alignment paper they gave me which indicates -1 to 0) and +1.4 on the right. I think the previous owner hit something on the right side. The newer different brand tire that was there seems to indicate something happened and when I was installing and removing the struts that side was a real PITA getting them in an out of the hole/slot... I'm thinking bent knuckle. probably going to leave it for now and dirty old man winter is starting to rear his ugly head.
I did take a real good look at the subframe and control arm and dindnt notice anything obvious. The positive camber is visually detectable however. thank god for the parts car I guess.Positive camber to that degree is far more likely to be a bent control arm than anything else. Possibly a little bit of a tweaked subframe, too, but mostly in that control arm.