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Old 10-31-2009, 12:34 PM
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I'm looking at my rear wheels and it looks like I have negative camber pretty bad. I have no suspension mods and I just had my wheels aligned. The tires I just pulled off were pretty chewed up on the inside. Two different shops did a visual suspension check and found no problems.. So they say

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Old 10-31-2009, 12:36 PM
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you arm on the suspension is prob bent it happend to me
 
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Old 10-31-2009, 12:38 PM
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Do you have big wheels that could possibly be rubbing something? And if its on both wheels it's probably the toe not the camber. Camber would only be 1 wheel at a time. Did the shop just do a visual check or did they actually put it on a rack and give you some specs?
http://www.isham-research.co.uk/quat...alignment.html
 
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Old 10-31-2009, 12:52 PM
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These cars are BRUTAL on tires - the factory toe makes the edges wear fast (but gives the great handling). Although, if its tearing the tires up, something else must be wrong....
 
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Old 10-31-2009, 12:57 PM
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The shop should have been able to actually measure the rear Camber and Toe..
 
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Old 10-31-2009, 01:10 PM
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you can check it by yourself by getting a tape measure and a friend, then measure the front of the back left tire (towards front of car) to the front of the back right tire, then do the same for the back of both tires. If the measurement is the same your toe should be fine, if not, get a REAL alignment done from a reputable shop
 
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