Alignment/Geo

[leeds2592]

Hi all,

Just got my KW V1's fitted at the weekend with a little help (More like a lot!) from @dann2707 and now I've got mad camber at the front. Hoping to get proper alignment done before the Yorkshire meet on Sunday but unsure of what camber, toe, caster etc to go with. It won't be used on track, only road so don't need a massively aggressive set up. The below any good?

Front Camber: 2 degrees
Rear Camber: Standard/Whatever it is as I don't have camber shims etc
Toe Front: 10 mins out (Is that 5 each side?)
Toe Rear: Standard
Caster: Not got a clue LOL

Thanks

 

[Martin.]

Front camber is negative. -2 would be good. I have -2.5 - -3, but I use mine on track only.

Front toe, 10 minutes toe out would be 5 minutes each side yeah. That's what I have.

You can't adjust caster, unless you have some fancy very expensive parts.

Rears you can't adjust without shims.

 

[leeds2592]

Oops, missed the - out. Don't think 2 degrees of positive camber would be very good haha.

Thanks for the confirmation!

 

[Le Baguette]

Can you really get up to -2* of camber without aftermarket camber bolts?

 

[DannyR]

He has aftermarket camber bolts.

 

[dann2707]

Set up seems great man! I'd definitely go with that.

Have you decided to go with bram? Hoping they can fit you in asap mate

 

[leeds2592]

Can you really get up to -2* of camber without aftermarket camber bolts?

As Danny said, I have got camber bolts mate.

Set up seems great man! I'd definitely go with that.

Have you decided to go with bram? Hoping they can fit you in asap mate :smile:

Yep, didn't get chance to ring them yesterday so going to try today if I get a spare 5 mins. Ride height now looks pretty much spot on but I may need to either raise it, get some wheels with a higher offset, run the standard wheels or roll my arches because it's scraping like mad everytime I go over a big bump or round a corner too fast

 

[leeds2592]

He has aftermarket camber bolts.

When you had them on yours, did you have the rear adjusters on the top or bottom of the spring? My and Dan were baffled by it haha.

 

[DannyR]

The rear adjusters go on the bottom, I can't see any other way of how they would fit?!

 

[dann2707]

We felt the same but about them being on the bottom

 

[leeds2592]

The rear adjusters go on the bottom, I can't see any other way of how they would fit?!

We felt the same but about them being on the bottom :tongueout:

Oh we made them fit at the top some how haha. May have a bash at refitting the adjusters tonight as low as they can go to stop the scraping. Hopefully my trusty breaker bar will be able to get the nuts off that we put on with the gun @dann2707!

 

[dann2707]

Some say Aristotle was talking about your breaker bar when he said:

“Give me a lever long enough, a fulcrum strong enough and I’ll move the world”

 

[leeds2592]

Some say Aristotle was talking about your breaker bar when he said:

“Give me a lever long enough, a fulcrum strong enough and I’ll move the world”

And he wouldn't be wrong!