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Old May 27, 2007 | 02:23 PM
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Suspension Question

Can you please look at my Camber plates in the picture. I took my car to my suspension guy to change my chamber from -3.8 to do a street setup, and since he did that the car has been pulling to the left.



Does these camber plates looked messed up or what?
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Old May 27, 2007 | 02:28 PM
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who installed the plates?
if you had it installed at a shop, don't ever take your car there again.

They are not installed properly.
I didnt even think it was possible to install them like that
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Old May 27, 2007 | 03:17 PM
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I installed the suspension, but that's not the way I put the camber plates in. They did a very aggressive tune on it, like I said before. And I wanted them to lower the camber from -3.8 to -1.8. As a result of that, the car keeps pulling to the left. The car has been there 6 times already. And this is the result of the last adjustment they did and the car still pulls to the left. Any suggestions aside from not the taking the car to this shop again??
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Old May 27, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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OMFG!!!

If you aren't joking about this "situation" then please read on, if you are joking...Good one!

Well, First off you need to have the camber plates aligned properly. That is a major part of the problem. Once that is taken care of put everything baqck to zero on the camber plates and start fresh. Also, check to make sure that the height of you coilovers is the same on both sides. That will make you car pull to one side or the other...Good Luck!
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Old May 27, 2007 | 04:07 PM
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No, man! This is not a joke... they F@&*ed me good on this one.
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Old May 28, 2007 | 04:08 AM
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Old May 28, 2007 | 04:25 AM
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They should give you a refund and you should find a new 'reputable' shop to fix the setup...Clearly the shop you took it to does not know what they are doing.

PS -- I see you are running an SMC kit? Are you spraying Meth or Alk and what %? Also what other mods do you have (how did you get so much tq/hp ?) ?

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Old May 28, 2007 | 04:39 AM
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100% meth
29 psi
exhaust cam 280
full exhaust and its IVEYtune
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Old May 28, 2007 | 06:09 AM
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I almost pinched myself and made sure it wasn't April 1st.

Please go back to that shop to get ALL your money back and go somewhere else.
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Old May 28, 2007 | 06:14 AM
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Wow. That's all I have to say. Wow.
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Old May 28, 2007 | 08:22 AM
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wow is right... hopefully this is a joke... but ur going to have some more issues than the car pulling to the left soon.... not to mention -3.8 for a street set up in the front isn't right at all...
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Old May 28, 2007 | 09:21 AM
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Originally Posted by evo9-power
I installed the suspension, but that's not the way I put the camber plates in. They did a very aggressive tune on it, like I said before. And I wanted them to lower the camber from -3.8 to -1.8. As a result of that, the car keeps pulling to the left. The car has been there 6 times already. And this is the result of the last adjustment they did and the car still pulls to the left. Any suggestions aside from not the taking the car to this shop again??
This doesn't make sense. You said you installed them and put the camber at -3.8, and then you took it to a shop to have them lower it to -1.8, which you call an aggressive "tune"? Or are you saying this same shop originally set them at -3.8 for you, and you took it back so they could lower it to -1.8, and then after that, the car started pulling to the left?

You need to clarify this stuff. When you installed the suspension, were your camber plates angled like that? If not, then w hy did you leave the shop when you saw the plates had been turned?
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Old May 28, 2007 | 11:36 AM
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As I Said Before, Yes I Put The Suspension In But He Did All In Adjustments From The Begining. The First Setup Was Supposed To Be A Street Setup, But He Put In A Very Aggressive Setup, So I Gave It A Shot, But After A Couple Of Months I Asked Put In -1.8 Camber, And That's Is When All Of The Problems Started.
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Old May 28, 2007 | 11:40 AM
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*Please turn off CAPS LOCK*

So that means you installed the camber plates wrong, and it has nothing to do with the guy who did your alignment. Install them correctly, then get an alignment. I can't even see how it was possible for him to change the camber with the plates installed like that.
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Old May 28, 2007 | 12:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Warrtalon
*Please turn off CAPS LOCK*

So that means you installed the camber plates wrong, and it has nothing to do with the guy who did your alignment. Install them correctly, then get an alignment. I can't even see how it was possible for him to change the camber with the plates installed like that.
Yeah, That was exactly my point...That's why I asked if this was a joke. If you installed the camber plates in that manner, you better remove that meth set up b/c something is seriously going to blow up very soon!

It's been stated many times already that your camber plates are installed incorrectly. Have you changed them yet? Probably not...

OK, here's what to do:

Step 1) Turn off computer
Step 2) Jack front of car up
Step 3) Unbolt front suspension and re-zero the camber plates.
Step 4) Reinstall the front suspension with the camber plates going left to right. NOT FRONT TO BACK, DIAGONAL, INSIDE OUT OR ANY OTHER WAY.
Step 5) Go get another alignment somewhere else.
Step 6) Come back and turn computer back on and tell us how it went.
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