Camber - Advise On Action

[DECIM8]

Hey guys,

Ive read countless threads now on camber arms, camber kits, adjustable upper and lower arms pushing this and pushing that.

Right now im slightly annoyed I even used the search engine.

Someone set me straight please, Im running some crazy neg camber and in about 40,000KM (1 YEAR) ive gone through 2 sets of fronts and 3 sets of rears.

What should I be buying to avoid this in future?

And that comes to about $3000 in tyres for one year. so yeah expensive shit.

Im also looking at replacing the sway bars on my ER34 are all sways the same? JJR one will be ok? or stock one better?

Let me clarify, I DONT want camber like all the people on this forum seem TO WANT.. I want it set at maybe 1 degree neg camber just for a little bit of performance driving.

Thanks

Nathaniel

Edited December 20, 2007 by DECIM8

[Sydneykid]

Hey guys,

Ive read countless threads now on camber arms, camber kits, adjustable upper and lower arms pushing this and pushing that.

Right now im slightly annoyed I even used the search engine.

Someone set me straight please, Im running some crazy neg camber and in about 40,000KM (1 YEAR) ive gone through 2 sets of fronts and 3 sets of rears.

What should I be buying to avoid this in future?

And that comes to about $3000 in tyres for one year. so yeah expensive shit.

Im also looking at replacing the sway bars on my ER34 are all sways the same? JJR one will be ok? or stock one better?

Thanks

Nathaniel

Hi Nathaniel, lets start with ride height, if it is lower than 350 front and 340 mm rear, then (as you know) you will suffer from rapid tyre wear, as well as reduced traction for handling, braking and accelerating.

For camber kits, this is what is usually needed for each height increment, note that all measurements are centre of wheel to guard;

Standard (new) height is 380 mm front and 370 mm rear

360/350 mm needs only the standard rear camber adjusters

350/340 mm needs 1 front camber kit and 1 rear camber kit

340/330 mm needs I front camber kit and 2 rear camber kits

Stabiliser bars are the best bang for buck suspension upgrade you can make for improved handling. Road or track, any suspension engineer will tell you that.

Skylines NEVER have enough caster, that's why they wander at speed, are reluctant to turn in and have poor steering feel. Hence the need for adjustable caster (radius rod) bushes.

The standard rear subframe bushes are very soft, silicone filled. They are soft when new and do wear over time until they finally leak. The rear subframe alignment kit supplements the standard bushes, stops the subframe from flopping around and at the same time give some adjustment of the rear squat. This allows for improvement in the rear traction.

Most of this info as well as how to order and pricing is contained in the Group Buy thread, which by the way has satisfied over 150 happy Skyliners.

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...showtopic=88141

Hope that was of some help, any questions please just ask.

Cheers

Gary

[DECIM8]

Right .. Ok..

Raise car.. and get

Camber adjustment x2.

Sway/stability bars x2?

and subframe bushes..

sounds like a plan.. and then perhaps new tyres wouldnt go amiss

[DECIM8]

Ok I lifted it to advised settings and it looks like a 4wd lol..

so now if sydney kid advised me on what to buy it would help out