Hey guys I have a 2011 r.a with the stock rims and tires still on it and my rear camber is way off especially on the rear left with a camber of -1.6 degrees and a toe of 0.07in and on the right rear the camber is 0.9 degrees with a toe of 0.07in also...i was told I need a whole camber kit... I plan on lowering the car and I have new rims and tires on order... Does any one have any suggestions on rear camber kits I've been looking and I am only seeing just the bolts themselves for sale... I looked on whiteline and also spc and I did not see anything there either...
And also will I need a front camber kit too? thank u in advance!

 

that camber is out by a lot. was your car in a wreck or hit a curb or something?

The WhiteLine has a camber kit available for the rear end. However, it only allows +/- 0.5* of adjustment. This means that with the only available camber kit for our rear end you will not be able to achieve the same camber on both sides...

 

When did you buy the car? New cars have a 12mo/12k mile adjustment period.

 

This is the one I have from Whiteline. I'm running about -1.5 in the rears.

http://www.whiteline.com.au/product_...sans_vehicle=1

 

I have the same camber bolts for the rear, currently -1.2*

 

Nope car was never hit or anything we put it on the lift nd there are no obvious bends in any of the framing work or anywhere else the car was a demo car and i even had the dealership show me the carfax and data sheet in there data base cor it. Corprate said its not covered because i do drive alot for work and other purposes. I do have an extended 36000 mile guarenty on it too so i am going to try with that waranty company. Im going to be lowering the car wen i get my rims and tires in in anout two weeks or so so im going to be ordering a front and rear camber kit anyway (the whiteline in the rear and eibach bolts for the front)... I was thinking after i do that i would have the camber set as close to - 1.0 all around any one have anythoughts on this?
Thank u all

 

There is your answer. It was curbed or potholed hard and bent something i would imagine.

 

Yes that's what I thought but if the car hit a pothole that hard enough to mess it up that bad the rim would have been cracked or what not and there would be something in the database saying what parts were fixed on the car and there is absolutely nothing in the Mitsubishi database at the dealership saying so...believe me I brought the alignment report straight to my friend and sales rep at Mitsubishi 46

 

because the rear camber is so out of wack, you won't be able to achieve that. The rear camber kit only allows for +/- 0.5* of adjustment. That means that one wheel w/ postive camber on it will not be able to reach negative camber.

On the flip side, the camber does become more negative when you lower the car. I believe my rear camber is in the -1.2* area on stock components (no camber adjustment). I have the front set to -1.9* w/ Eibach's camber bolts.

So, unless you made a typo with your suspension measurements, you need to have the rear end "fixed" before you can reach the settings you desire.

 

What do you mean they wont fix it because you drive the car a lot for work? There is a 12 month/12k mile adjustment period for new cars. If it's within that period, bring it to them and tell them to fix it.

 

its not new it was a demo car

 

http://www.mitsubishicars.com/MMNA/j...te/warranty.do

Call someone, then take it in. They are snow balling you. It's pretty standard in the US.

It was sold to you as a "Used Car". The warranty still should apply unless you signed some new warranty stuffs that were bogus.

 

Carfax aint the end all a guy I work with bought a lightly (leased less than 10k kms) used Ford Escape from the dealer and got a carfax and everything. It said it was clean so he drove it for a month and the paint on the front bumper started to peel. So he brought it back to the dealer cause it should be covered under warranty and they wouldn't do it. The checked with there head office and it turned out it was in a little fender bender and they guy just got the car fixed himself without involving insurance.

You can never be to careful.

 

Trust me when I tell you that if the car was a demo, you can almost guarantee that it was damaged by whomever was driving it. You can also guarantee that if (when) it was damaged, one of the dealership employees sourced whatever necessary parts on their own (as a private buyer) and the dealer had someone repair it (internally) so as to keep a clean record and still be able to sell the car at a premium.

I have been working in dealerships for awhile now and I have seen this sort of thing happen more times than I'd like to admit to. Carfax, unfortunately, means nothing as the dealership is probably the most capable place of knowing exactly how to keep a repair like that off the radar. If that was the case, then, of course, the dealership is going to keep their hands clean as far as any record keeping is concerned.

Granted, this is all speculation, but it is contrived from multiple personal experiences on numerous occasions involving a variety of different locales and personnel. Best of luck to you as you are probably going to have one hell of a time proving anything at this point. Your best bet is to go to a reputable, professional body shop and have the car put onto a frame rack and properly/carefully measured and use that as a basis to support any claims you may attempt to submit with corporate or otherwise.

 

Now that's some truth for ya!