Stock adjustability: camber, caster, toe

[CornerHard]

Out of the following, which are adjustable on a stock DSM front or rear: camber, caster, toe?

I've heard mention that only toe is adjustable on a stock DSM suspension, but I wanted to double-check before going to the alignment shop. I'm aware of offset bushings, balljoints, and slotting the control arm to give you more negative camber, but for now I'm running stock control arms.

 

[4BangR-x]

Front: Camber and Caster are preset at the factory and cannot be adjusted. Toe in can be adjusted + or - 3mm from 0. You can do this yourself, to try to get the toe in within specs. Get some wrenches and turn both tie-rod turnbuckles in the same amount in opposite directions. The toe will move IN if the left turnbuckle is turned towards the rear and the right turnbuckle is turned towards the front of the car. You should invest in a camber kit and have it installed(by you or the alignment shop), so they can fix your camber.

Rear: Camber is preset at the factoy and cannot be changed here either. Toe in can be adjusted + or - 3mm from 3mm. On the rear suspension, you can adjust toe in by the toe control arm mounting bolt. For toe in, you would turn the bolt clockwise, and vice versa.

 

[4BangR-x]

Wow, I just reliped to the wrong thread, but it works for yours too

 

[Bohrn]

on my 1g with stock control arms, I was able to get my camber in spec in the rear when I lowered it. Just in but in none the less. It was adjustable. I didn't do it, it was done at the shop I worked at, but the guy that did it is a good guy and you could visually see it. You all know what a lowered 1g DSM looks like, well it looked like that pre alignment and afterwards it was visually no where near as bad, still -1.5 degs, but within spec.

as for fronts, yes, its just a toe setup.

You can add 1 or 2 eccentic camber bolts to the strut lower attachments(each side) and then you can adjust your camber.

I reccomend 1 bolt in each top hole, and setup for 1 deg negative for a street driven car, works wonders, but doesn't wear tires.

castor is not adjustable and no one has seen fit to make anything that does, so I guess its not as important. I adjust castor alot on big US cars and trucks, especially older ones, but most of the imports I do are close just the way I drive em in.

You can get eccentric kits and adjustable rear control arms if you lower it past the point of the stock adjustment for fairly low prices if you need that.

 

[jtmcinder]

castor is not adjustable and no one has seen fit to make anything that does, so I guess its not as important.

Two things: please don't mix 1Gs and 2Gs in the same thread and camber/caster plates for 1Gs have been around for more than a decade.

- Jtoby

 

[Bohrn]

sorry about the mixing of eras, my bad

as for the plates, I was unaware that they were caster as well. thanx for the info.