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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 05:50 PM
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Alignment

So after lowering my GTS, I took it for an alignment. The front wasnt too far off so Wheel Works took care of it. I was told the rear cannot be adjusted? This was also the reason why my rear tires where threading abnormally.

Is this a kit available to get my rear adjusted? If there is where can i get one.

Thanks. I will post pics later.
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Old Oct 4, 2009 | 06:43 PM
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post the printout
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 04:09 PM
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rears are unadjustable. AMS is thinking about making a correction for this
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Old Oct 5, 2009 | 05:00 PM
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The rear toe is adjustable, but the rear camber is not. I am looking into building a rear camber kit that should fit all 08+ lancers including Ralliart.
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 08:14 PM
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let us know when will it be available and post please!!
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Old Oct 6, 2009 | 09:11 PM
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How much rear camber did you end up with? 1.5 give or take?
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 04:50 AM
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I know when I got my alignment after putting in the Megans with a drop of ~2 inches i had the following for the rear alignment

Right Rear: -1.6 Camber, .08 Toe
Left Rear: -1.9 Camber, .13 Toe

After thinking about this for a while, I think this what may attribute to the pulling to the left issue that everyone is having. It's not really a pulling, but rather a pushing from the rear depending on how far off the camber/toe is.
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Old Oct 7, 2009 | 09:44 PM
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Yes 1.5 well 1.56 on one side.
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 04:05 PM
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just curious is this alignment ok??

Front Left -2.2 , .04 Front Right -2.5 , .02

Rear Left -2.0 , .16 Rear Right -1.5 , .18
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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sorry... just a bit off topic... I wonder which spring kit you installed...??
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 05:01 PM
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Originally Posted by cRc`22
just curious is this alignment ok??

Front Left -2.2 , .04 Front Right -2.5 , .02

Rear Left -2.0 , .16 Rear Right -1.5 , .18
Ya that should be fine. The high camber will give you a little extra bite into corners from what i understand. shouldn't effect tire wear too much.
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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But this is were a rear camber kit is really needed. Our cars will have the natural tendency to understeer when pushed hard. You need to keep rear camber near zero to let the rear end slide and you want rear toe out to help the rear of the car rotate.
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Old Oct 12, 2009 | 08:43 PM
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i need the rear end a lil negative so i dont rub lol.. wouldnt a rear sway and strut bar help the rear slide more as well?
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Old Oct 13, 2009 | 05:03 PM
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Yes, rear sway bar will definitely help the rear rotate, but the negative camber is still going to fight it. As close as the upper strut mount is to the frame rail area on a Lancer, I really couldn't see a strut bar doing much, especially since the rear is multi-link and the strut itself gets no load other than compression.
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Old Apr 11, 2010 | 01:56 AM
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Originally Posted by EricJ@AMS
The rear toe is adjustable, but the rear camber is not. I am looking into building a rear camber kit that should fit all 08+ lancers including Ralliart.
Hi,
Just checking in to see if there's been any further development on the Lancer's rear camber adjuster. Thanks.
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