Camber

[clio head]

my cambers a lil out dave at Rentech fitted my coilovers and said thats the best he could get them, but wen i look at most ppls Valvers on here there cambers look pretty gd like winstons. In wat way will i have to mod i.e. grind or something along them lines away....

 

[Dan@SJM]

how do you mean? is yours too much negatve? or you want more neg?

 

[clio head]

the top of the wheel leans in...so is that too much neg?

 

[Dan@SJM]

yes negative is the top of the wheel in/bottom out. Depends how much it leans in, the car should have neg anyway as this helps the cornering characteristics.

 

[clio head]

top leans in and the bottom leans out..

 

[Dan@SJM]

yes negative camber.

Every car usually leaves the factory with 0.5-1.5 negative camber.

 

[clio head]

mines more then that lol... im not too bothered about it.. just wanna drop it some more and dont no if it will become a porb...

 

[Dan@SJM]

lol how do you know? isit wearing the tyres?

it may be a case of extending the holes made for the top bolts, allowing more adjustment.

Also, off topic, where did you get your pipe to get rid of the aux tank?

 

[clio head]

i work for wessex water dan...soo from our store had no probs with it and it passed my last MOT

 

[Dan@SJM]

ah of course, im after something like that to get rid of mine!

 

[clio head]

o0o0o0o.... B&Q might be alright or any plumbin place just make sure it wont disolve with the petrol...then all u gotta do it make sure it dont leak!!!!!!

 

[clioGT]

what should I be careful about when coilover adjusments done?
for road use?

car is meg rs

 

[White16valver]

I wouldn't personally choose to run a lot of camber - I had it on mine before I refreshed the entire suspension and, to be honest, although it did grip in the corners, there was no adjustability - once you were in the corner and set up on a line, it was very difficult to get it to change that line.

New set up is standard and how it should be and it's a lot better - still has razor sharp turn in but you can just play mid corner

 

[graham_172]

if rentec can't adjust your camber correctly then i wouldn't take it to them. Quite happy doing mine in the garage with my home made camber gauge and tracking tool

I've done 3 clio's so far with success. 172 cup with 1.75 camber and 182 with 1.5 and mine with 2. lovely handling, goes round corners on rails

 

[clioGT]

can be the vibration caused by not having camber adjustment done?