Camber

fat_82x · tinkerer Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 72

Duz anyone know how much it would be to change the camber on wheels or to get an ajustable kit??
thanx

TXcoupe · petrol head Joined: 05 Oct 2001 Posts: 1675

do u mean angle the wheels? or to change the offset?

fat_82x · tinkerer Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 72

angle of the wheels

TXcoupe · petrol head Joined: 05 Oct 2001 Posts: 1675

u can get slotted balljoints.

What u could do is to get two upper control arms and file the balljoint hole towards the back of the arm and elongate the bolt holes. this gives u more camber. Adam and i have done this. adams look better though.

Wagonslut · tinkerer Joined: 11 Apr 2002 Posts: 376

seems like a pointless excercise, yes, while negative camber is good... on race cars, ur daily driven gemini doesnt need the extra wear on ur tyres.
Look from the front of ur gem gem if the wheels look like this:
/ \ u have negative camber(most cars have 1 or 2 degrees negative camber as per standard.
\ / is positive camber(very bad, get it fixed)

fat_82x · tinkerer Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 72

The only reason i wanna change it is cause the tyres are pretty close to the guards and i got dun once for them rubbing just thinking of ways to fix that

BILLET_GEM · tinkerer Joined: 12 Jun 2003 Posts: 148

back to ur question i dont knwo the answer but heres somthing that may help to get an adjustable camber for a vt commadore its 320ish so yeah id say a fair bit cheaper on the gems.... i plan on doing a full supsension kit with them

cheers bud

fat_82x · tinkerer Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 72

hmm well im just gettin ideas up cause its getting awfully close to the guards

DrIFtA · tinkerer Joined: 13 Mar 2003 Posts: 246

My gem is running a shit-load of positive camber, i think it may just be that virtually all the suspension is rooted. Springs are soft-ass originals, so are shocks, ball-joints are stuffed, tie rod ends have play in them, steering rack feels loose, you get the point.
Do you reckon a simple aftermarket spring/shock jobby with new ball-joints and tie-rod ends will bring it back in line ?? Or does it need more major surgery like control arms etc...

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 11:16 am Post subject: Re: Camber- Kmac KITS

$500 kitted. adjustable 10° or 15°?? each way, + and -
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Reddez · tinkerer Joined: 29 Oct 2002 Posts: 353

Yeah the KMAC kit is the thing to get, it has eccentric bolts on the lower control arm, if you lower the car a fair bit they tend to get a bit of postive camber. Pedders did it for me for $500, it does give a lot better handling, and no you don't need ridiculous neg camber just a degree or so...

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 12:29 pm Post subject: Re: Positive Camber

whiteline recommend 5° on the left and 4.9° on the right (drivers weight will add the extra 0.1°
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fat_82x · tinkerer Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 72

so they'll fit it n everything for u... i just need to get the wheels away from the guards... and also the right side it closer than the left... but i guess thats anotha subject all together

Gene FJ20DET · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2003 1:34 pm Post subject: Re: Positive Camber

sounds u have the wrong offset rims anyways.
i have 17x7.5 on the front with 215 tyres and it dont rub at all
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fat_82x · tinkerer Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 72

you got 17s? ha mad... i got 195's... i swear somethings wrong :S