2G Bad Camber

[Cesarlcase]

Hey guys need some help here. Brought my car to get an alignment and here are the results. As you can it's pretty bad,particularly the rear. Now the guy I spoke with said something is probably bent and said the rear control arm or the "spindle." I guess he was referring to the axle, but either way my question is how do I figure out what's bent without just replacing everything? And also, what camber kits do you guys recommend? Thank you.

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[gst-turbo]

From what the tech wrote on paper I would check the upper control arm is the car stock suspension or lowers.

 

[Cesarlcase]

The car is on Megan ez street coils, but I haven't adjusted the height, still could Fit 3 fingers in the gap.

 

[gst-turbo]

http://www.jnztuning.com/advanced_s...Csid=3cfb9850b8163d2097bbce359cb82802&x=0&y=0

This camber kit should put u in spec

 

[Cesarlcase]

Well, I was advised not to just put a camber kit if something is bent as it would cause it to fall out of spec... plus I want to lower it

 

[gst-turbo]

You asked what camber kit do you recommend in your post

 

[asexton6969]

You need to check and adjust your ride height. Then get an alignment. Then post your results. Not to be mean but you went about it backwards. Your ride height has everything to do with your alignment.

 

[Cesarlcase]

You need to check and adjust your ride height. Then get an alignment. Then post your results. Not to be mean but you went about it backwards. Your ride height has everything to do with your alignment.

I did not adjust the ride height, still fit 3 4 fingers in the gap. I didn't find that you're being mean about it, but if you look at the spec sheet, you can see the right side is in terrible shape vs the left. My initial question was how to determine the control arm was bent.

 

[asexton6969]

I understand but what I am saying is your camber and toe will change based on ride height. You need to adjust your ride height to where you want it and then align it. For all you know, you have 3/4" difference from side to side causing your camber to be more excessive than one side. Let's not jump to thinking it has a bent control arm. Let's check ride height, and I mean SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME CHECKING IT. Then take it back for an alignment. See where you are at then.

I just have a hard time believing the control arm is bent, when you have lowered the car and the driver rear is almost centered for camber.

As far as checking to see if it is bent. You need to take a series of measurements. From anchor points to ball joint. Be very tedious when taking measurements. Check the right upper vs the left upper. Small changes >1/4" can still have a drastic affect on an alignment.