Yay or Nay...Camber bolts

[Chip-mk1]

Lets put it like this.

​They are not on my road car.

Thought that might be the case.

If we didnt use them on track too, then they wouldnt be on our road cars either.

 

[Tony Hunter]

They are more use than a rear strut brace, apart from you cannot hang your socks on them.

 

[Chip-mk1]

FLOL

 

[udi]

Chip -
What size (diameter/length/thread) cap head bolt did you need for your lower arm mod?

 

[Chip-mk1]

Chip -
What size (diameter/length/thread) cap head bolt did you need for your lower arm mod?

I dont recall now mate sorry, was same thread size as standard (M12 IIRC) but I cant remember what size cap head that was

 

[udi]

I dont recall now mate sorry, was same thread size as standard (M12 IIRC) but I cant remember what size cap head that was

No worries, M12 is handy - just wanted a rough idea before I tinkered. Did you manage to stop the front wheels rubbing / have to cut or grind anything out? Any idea what the final degree of + caster ended up being?

 

[Chip-mk1]

Was 5 degrees ish mate (depending on front and rear heights of course), and no I would have needed to take more material away than I was happy to in order to stop the rubbing on 205s so I went back to some new cup wishbones instead in the end.

 

[Jeffie]

Genuine question - with any suspension changes, tie rods etc, will the camber ALWAYS go back to standard spec?

 

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Genuine question - with any suspension changes, tie rods etc, will the camber ALWAYS go back to standard spec?

​no after doing any work to do with a component in the suspention setup it is always worth getting the geo checked.

 

[Tony Hunter]

​no after doing any work to do with a component in the suspention setup it is always worth getting the geo checked.

​Ah,but how could you then adjust it without camber bolts!! Lol.

 

[Russ_16v]

I think this has gone far enough