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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 07:02 PM
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Passenger side tire question?

For some odd reason my passenger side front tire sticks out from the fender slightly where my drivers side is tucked under it.... The camber is very similar on both sides so is there any reason for this? The reason I ask is because the tire scrapes the fender on dips and hard turns. IT does appear that there might be slightly more camber on the drivers side and that is why it tucks. I'm going to bring it back and and see if they can run more camber.

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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 10:25 PM
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Passenger side...


Drivers side...
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 10:26 PM
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Does 1 look to have more negative camber? How the hell can the rims look different? LOL
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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Alright here is your problem!!! I just had the same problem with my rear suspension.... The front chassis/engine cradle needs needs to be lossened and shifted to the drivers side. I KNOW THIS SOUNDS WEIRED!.. But through alot of reasearch, Mitsubishi allows 10 mm tolerance for subframe shift to either side. Most don't realize this untill they run wider, or larger wheels. FYI...it's not a camber issue...for example... a tire's top half, or lower half will ingress or egress into the fender with camber (whether pos. or neg.). The center axis of his front wheel will not change with camber adjustment....hence the chassis shift issue os justified. It is almost like you have a 5mm (more or less) spacer on only one of your front wheels. I hope this helps. PM me with any questions..
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Old Apr 19, 2007 | 10:39 PM
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I discovered this after installing 18x8.5 wheels with 26 mm offsets. After 5 miles the left rear (drivers side) tire was DESTROYED! The right rear was fine, and did not rub. The camber was 1.0 pos on each side.
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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 11:18 AM
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That is crazy.... It basically seems to me the rims has a spacer on it when it doesn't. The tire guy said that not all cars are perfectly even and some times they are not centered just perfect. The scraping is not that bad.... but it does scrape now and then.... How the hell do you adjust that? LOL

I got the alignment specs...

Frot left camber -1.4 Front right camber -1.2

So that is not the problem. The chassis/engine cradle seems to be the issue.

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