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So I recently bought a S1 R33 Gtst. First thing I did was take it for a wheel alignment as it was pulling left considerably.

Everything was adjusted fine, apart from the front right camber is at -3.4 degrees or so.

I can't see anything obviously bent. Without pulling all the arms out and comparing side to side, are there some measurements I should be taking?

If its a case of throwing a pair of adjustable upper arms on, are the Cusco items the ones to go for? Would the Just Jap ones be worth considering, given that this car is my daily driver?

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two kits? i thought it was closer to 2deg, that might be R32 though... i know my stagea has ~ -1.5deg from one kit same as the 33 kit

noltec make an arm with bushed ends IIRC... that would be my next choice

-3.4 is heaps on stock bushes....

how low is it? from guard to center of hub.

mine is too low atm, 340mm, which should mean that i've got camber on tap. but -2.5 is my max with pedders camber bolts.

im running -2 on a track based setup.

is there a way to adjust stock front camber? i get pretty bad inner tire wear on both fronts, (backs are perfectly fine)..

or do i need a adjustable camber kit? i need to either bring the bottom of the wheel in or push the top of the wheel out.

my radius rod bushes are gone, which im replacing, so might that contribute to it?

wow that is alot of camber.

I had -4 in my r33 but I had modified front lower arms which pushed it to -4 with whiteline camber bushes.

beforte that I could get JUST to -2

Something may be bent down there...or perhaps previous owner did something like I had :P

Yeh, something is not right at all. Had a quick look before, but couldn't see much. I need to get the tape measure out before I start buying arms i think :P

If the previous owner did do something, they were pretty dumb to only to it to one side :)

  • 1 month later...

So I think I have this problem figured out.

I measured all the arms, and none of them are bent. What is bent though is the front bolt holding the upper control arm to the car.

Hopefully replacing this bolt and getting a set of the whiteline eccentric bushes should sort out my problems :blink:

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