Thread: Can't achieve negative camber

Even with camber bolts on my rear struts, I can't get more than -.05 degrees on my rear coilovers, and these bolts are suppose to be good to 3 degrees... Thoughts?

Got any pics of the geometry you can post? Generic is fine.

Just got home, snapped a pic with iPhone.

Damn, I think I misread the printout. Boo!!!

Looks like he was referring to the fronts, because I asked for 2~2.5 degrees negative camber up front, and I only got -1.8ish. I do remember him saying something about adjusting tophats and camber bolts and still only getting the described amount.

I need a class on suspension geometry. Time to go study

Thanks for the print-out. That helps. I was hoping for pics of an actual WRX suspension, or true-to-life diagram.

I have trouble getting camber too on stock. I think its a character of the platform.

these cars suck to work on but so fun to drive

Benji- sure.

Ben- I would expect it to be difficult stock, not on coilovers with adjustable tophats that should feasibly give -3.0 degrees camber overall. I hear it's not a good idea to use aftermarket camber bolts up front, either. Kind of a catch 22.

My bud has wrx wagon takeoffs w/ tanabe springs on his FXT and its the same story. He's actually got static positive camber and there's nothing really he can do w/ that dumb suspension and big drop. The crash bolts only get you a little camber and its really 3* plus minus so you can get 1.5 in either direction... those things will slip anyway. I really think its a chassis level geometry problem.

You also want to make sure you get as much of the camber from the top mounts and not from the camber bolts. Too much from the camber bolts can lead to bind, and shorter damper life.