Clio I72 camber

[DennyG]

Hello
I'm new here so please bear with me, I have done a search but couldn't find what I was looking for. I've had a standard 02 172 for a year now and just had to change the front tyres as they were worn on the inside edges but otherwise plenty of tread left on the rest of the tyre. I think this is caused by the camber setting but I don't know how the tyres wear on these cars on normal set up.

Should I be getting fairly even wear? What do I need to do to adjust this, that is, what settings should I have, do I need camber bolts (whatever they are) I noticed minus one degree camber was mentioned in some threads. I only want the car set up for road driving for the tyres to last without an aggressive geo of any sort. I'm running Toyo T1R 205 45 16's all round.:S


Thanks


Denny

 

[Adamm.]

hello mate and welcome to the forum... firstly i suppose you have checked that the tracking etc is all correct? 1 degree of camber shouldnt wear the inside to the excess you seem to mention.

 

[DennyG]

Adam, thanks for that, no I haven't yet checked the tracking, I suppose that's the first thing I should do. There must be a link on here somewhere to the correct setting but I haven't found it yet. Halfords say they will check my tracking and adjust if needed for £45 but I don't know how competent they are and I wouldn't take the car there if I didn't know what toe in/out they should be adjusting the car to.


Thanks


Denny

 

[Adamm.]

okay mate no worries im not too sure myself on what needs to be what but someone should answer you soon or use the search tab at the top right hand side of the page and im sure you will find something.

 

[gunner3011]

i got told that even on standard suspension the front camber can be adjusted slightly with the top bolt on the hub? maybe check this, just a guess anyway

 

[ripp]

as I can remember a good and close to std setup would be:
front toe: 1mm out
rear: 1mm in
camber: ~.30 negative on the front
~ 1,4-1,5 negative rear
you could go up to 1,5 neg in the front without excessive wear (using camber bolts or adjustable top mounts like the AST ones)
hope that helps

 

[DennyG]

Many thanks for your replies and help guys, much obliged.

 

[Fred@BTM]

don't go to halfords, kwik fit, ATS etc - go somewhere proper!