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Old 04-02-2003, 09:55 PM
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I have a prokit, put new tires on and have about 15,000 on the new tires with the kit and an alignment with the new tires....

today i noticed the innr edge of my tires are really worn !! almost wates.....

did I just get a bad alingment or does everyone else have a similar result from the lowering..
I would rotate like a **** but can't have 285's on the back <img border="0" alt="[bang head]" title="" src="graemlins/gr_banghead.gif" />

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Default Re: how much camber adjustment is in the stock suspension??

The stock suspension has plenty of room to adjust.

Slightly negative camber (what you have) makes the car handle better, but can wear the inner edges of the tires.

Go have it checked, you want about 0 to -.5 degree max.
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Default Re: how much camber adjustment is in the stock suspension??

I lowered my car with an H&R Stage 2 spring kit (1.25 inches...roughly) and I had 1.5 degrees of negative camber (on the alignment rack) but after setting castor at 4.5 degrees I ran out of adjustment at 1.3 degrees of negative camber. My car is a 2002 Z-28 (I think thay are roughly the same)...just my experience.

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Default Re: how much camber adjustment is in the stock suspension??

That was 1.5 degrees negative camber, not 1/5th....sorry.
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What tires are you on?

I have lowered mine, and run -1.4/+4.5/0 and have no increased wear on the tires. They get rotated front to back about twice a month..

If you aren't racing the car, and just want a little extra for the street, I'd stick with -.5
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I dropped mine with prokit too and it wears on the outside??? Dont know why? I thought when you drop a car it's tendency is to neg camber?
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I dropped mine with prokit too and it wears on the outside??? Dont know why? I thought when you drop a car it's tendency is to neg camber?
Did you get it realigned? Also, if you are driving it "harder" in corners, body roll will cause a shift towards positive camber (less negative) and you can still wear the outside edges. At 1.3 degrees negative, I still wear the outside of my autocross (race) tires due to body roll (caused by the grip I'm making). I'd get it checked and run the max negative you can get (I doubt it will be any more than -1.3, which is what I drive daily).
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I gotta get it aligned but i went though a set of tires and noticed it was wearing on the outside and i drive it moderately 100% street but do take turns fast when i can. To my understanding? there is no alignment to be set on a camaro? because it's a solid axle? if the panhard, lca, and tq arm is stock right?



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