When playing with the ride height on the Tein suspension, I was always compromised by the amount of camber I could dial in. I was looking at installing some camber bolts but they are £30, sometimes loose their setting as you can't torque them up enough and then are dissappointing as they'll only add 3/4 degree.
So I attacked my strut with a rotary grinder and slotted the top hole 3mm towards the inside. This is nothing new but thought I'd post it up for people who've not seen it done before.
Advantages:
Free
Can easily gain uptp -2.5 degs of negative camber change (Or as much as you want if you keep drilling :shock: )
Disadvantages:
Need a method to grind the slot (Might be cheaper just to buy bolts!)
I think I'll struggle to get better that -0.25 degs of accuracy. (Adequate but not perfect)
My reasoning for up to -2.5degs of change :shock: :shock: is because at full height on the Teins, my wheels used to positive camber by 0.5degs :x. I should have the range to run -2degs of static camber at full height which are the ultimate limits I might ever use. At the moment it is run in the middle to give approx -1deg change and an overall static camber of approx -1.5 degs in readiness for trackdays
For anyone else wanting to try it, I would suggest 1-2mm as plenty for a starting point.
You would obviously need an alignment after taking your suspension apart as chances are your toe will change slightly too.
No measurements done yet and no testing but thought I'd post up anyway.
So I attacked my strut with a rotary grinder and slotted the top hole 3mm towards the inside. This is nothing new but thought I'd post it up for people who've not seen it done before.
Advantages:
Free
Can easily gain uptp -2.5 degs of negative camber change (Or as much as you want if you keep drilling :shock: )
Disadvantages:
Need a method to grind the slot (Might be cheaper just to buy bolts!)
I think I'll struggle to get better that -0.25 degs of accuracy. (Adequate but not perfect)
My reasoning for up to -2.5degs of change :shock: :shock: is because at full height on the Teins, my wheels used to positive camber by 0.5degs :x. I should have the range to run -2degs of static camber at full height which are the ultimate limits I might ever use. At the moment it is run in the middle to give approx -1deg change and an overall static camber of approx -1.5 degs in readiness for trackdays
For anyone else wanting to try it, I would suggest 1-2mm as plenty for a starting point.
You would obviously need an alignment after taking your suspension apart as chances are your toe will change slightly too.
No measurements done yet and no testing but thought I'd post up anyway.
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