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- Jul 2, 2009
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Fort Campbell,
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Are you guys running a rear camber kit with the tokico setup?
You pretty much have to.
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The vertical link in the rear is about 24" long. So, to do the trig, you first decide how much camber you want to take out (in degrees), find the tangent of this value, then multiply by 24" and that how thick the washers need to be.
Example: you want to take out .25 degrees.
tan .25 = .00436
.00436 x 24" = .105"
So you want about a tenth of an inch in shims or washers behind the upper arm mounts to delete .25 degrees of neg camber.
- Jtoby
When I lowered on Prokits my rear was an easy -3* camber, maybe just shy. I typically use 5 or 6 fender washers to get me at a nice -1*.
I kind of preferred CB's last post, tee hee, especially since the one that you quoted doesn't actually provide the thickness of the fender washers, but it's not my car.
The reason I got these is because I wanted to get rid of the rake I had with my old setup, but it still seems like the rear is alot higher than the front. All the springs are seated correctly. Everyone else seems to have pretty even wheel gap in front and rear. Any thoughts?
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Anyone think the fwd springs will get rid of the rear wheel gap? Haha
Would love to know the same thing, I have the awd kit for my gst and the back is about a half inch higher than the front
If I find a good deal on just the springs or maybe even the full setup I think Im going to try it. Most of the gst's Ive seen with this setup have an even drop front and rear.
where are you guys getting camber kits at??? ever since I lowered my car my camber has been way out of wack and ive been chewing off my rear tires. the alignment machine says there is no adjustment just toe. is there a way to adjust it without a kit?
where are you guys getting camber kits at??? ever since I lowered my car my camber has been way out of wack and ive been chewing off my rear tires. the alignment machine says there is no adjustment just toe. is there a way to adjust it without a kit?
The only problem I see with this idea: Tokico claims less drop for FWD models (1.5" vs 1.75" for AWD) That makes me think the springs aren't different, like with the factory equipment.
Compared to my TSi AWD, not only is your rear sitting high, but the front is really low. Are you sure you didn't mix up the springs? Is the suspension binding in the rear, like from seized bushings? Or possibly some other issue causing the height differences? Here's pics of my car, keep in mind the overall wheel diameter is very close to stock. The 2nd pic is after the suspension had settled, it passes the "Shoe Test" in the rear.