Rear Camber Query

[dannycivic02]

Ok I apologise if this has been answered before but I have had no joy searching the forum. Basically I had the tracking done on my 182 today and I noticed i have quite a bit of negative camber on my rear wheels. When I bought the car it had already been lowered on eibach springs but im not sure by how much but after looking at a few pics of 182s on sportlines I think im thereabouts.

Anyway having not owned a clio before when you lower these do you get negative camber on the rear wheels as I looked at shims on the ktec website but these seem to give negative camber which is not what I want. Or could it be I have shims fitted already:S

Cheers

Dan

 

[stephen chadwick]

they do have rear camber as std my last print out was around 1deg i think

 

[Tony Hunter]

What camber was it then??

 

[Steven103]

Lowering the rear (which is of the "trailing arm with torsion beam" suspension variety) does not change camber.

Lowering the front (macpherson struts) has a side effect of effectively increasing the amount of negative camber (not "true" camber in the usual methods of adjustment etc, but camber none the less).

182s have a visible amount of negative camber on the rear as standard, part of the sporty setup etc. Only way to adjust camber on this type of rear suspension is shims.

 

[MDP91]

My standard 182 FF has noticeable negative rear camber mate.

 

[dannycivic02]

So its probably right then, it just looked excessive to me never having a clio before ive nothing to compare with thanks for the input.

 

[MDP91]

Got any pics?

 

[dannycivic02]

Not the best pictures

 

[Tony Hunter]

Your right there.

 

[stephen chadwick]

had my tracking done today the readout says 2deg all round and i have fitted 0.5deg shims on the back so std they must be 1.5 deg rear camber

 

[Fred@BTM]

worn rear wheel bearings can affect camber by upto about 1 degree (if proper fucked)