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Old 04-08-2006 | 09:02 PM
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Took the car down to the local alignment shop......

Advised to me that the camber on the left front is -2.6 and -2.7 on the right. The tech said the computer shows there should be about -0.8 camber and he could not adjust the camber back to this spec.

Can this be adjusted or is something broken or need to be replaced?

Here are the current specs:

Left Front - Camber = -2.6, Caster = 2.5, Toe = -0.05
Right Front - Camber = -2.7, Caster = 3.4, Toe = -0.08
Total Toe = -0.13
Steer Ahead = 0.02

Left Rear - Camber = -0.7, Toe = -0.40
Right Rear - Camber = -0.6, Toe = -0.04
Total Toe = -0.43
Thrust Angle = -0.18

This is a street car so what should the numbers be?
Old 04-08-2006 | 09:08 PM
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It is going to eat up the inside edge of tires is what it means. Is your car lowered?

You also needed to have the rear toe adjusted.
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Old 04-08-2006 | 11:39 PM
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It is going to eat up the inside edge of tires is what it means. .
Yes that part I knew.
I should have been more specific.
What I am wondering is if the large negative camber means something may be broken. Or is it possible the PO intended this much camber? Should a shop be able to put the camber back to "street" spec?
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Yes, it is possible that they wanted that much, makes for a nice semi track setup. The struts have eccentric bolts for adjusting it, it should be able to be adjusted.
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