Front Camber Is Bad?

[knighty]

just purchased an R33 GTST series 1... drove her 1700k's and the inside of the tires are gone, the car is lowered alot im not sure exactly how much. just wanted to know how to fix it without handing it over to the local pedders and not being happy with the work done.

very noob question, but i just wanted to know my best option(s) for this pickle

cheers guys.

[08r3308]

wheel alignment?

maybe it hasnt been done in while

[MrStabby]

Get the wheel alignment done first, and that will tell you if got enough adjustment with the factory suspension to get a reasonable setup or if you'll need to raise it and/or add some adjustable arms/bushes. Typically the lower you go, the more adjustability you need to be able get the alignment right.

[Kaido_RR]

just purchased an R33 GTST series 1... drove her 1700k's and the inside of the tires are gone, the car is lowered alot im not sure exactly how much. just wanted to know how to fix it without handing it over to the local pedders and not being happy with the work done.

very noob question, but i just wanted to know my best option(s) for this pickle

cheers guys.

when you lower an r33 you increase the camber (due to the design of the suspension), i would say you have increase camber and possible some incorrect toe setup. the best bet would be to get a wheel alignment they will be able to tell you what you are running then adjust it to reduce the camber

[knighty]

no worries guys ill get one done tomorrow. cheers!

[panzer]

Im in the same boat, just installed new coilovers and lowered the car quite a bit.

Found out that i already had a maxxed out front bushes camber kit and was still running almost -2.0 degrees on the front and -2.0 on the rears.

Ended up going with some upper control arms and front castor arms and shes all sweet now.

[bradsm87]

It's prob mostly a toe issue. If u didn't get a wheel alignment after, i reckon u've got shit loads of toe-out which wears out the insides of the tyres.

[sirbeatz]

i had the same problem when i put my coilovers in. i was told to throw in control arms and castor rods, did a wheel alignment and now runs awesome.

feels alot sharper too. mine did have a lot of toe before the alignment

[siksII]

R33s have no stock front camber adjustment. You can only adjust toe and it would be unusual to have so much toe out that its wearing the inside of your tyres. I doubt a wheel alignment will help but it will show you whats going on.

The only way to reduce camber without fitting bushes is to raise the ride height and I think this will probably be the issue.

[TALBO]

I know mine destroyed my 2 front tyres because of toe out. Wheel alignment fixed it

[winstonusmc]

When a car is lowered, it pulls the upper part of the suspension in due to the higher angle on the upper control arm. The toe arms or tie rods end up pushing the suspension forward a little causing it to toe in a little. Camber doesnt hurt tires near as bad as toe.

[mad082]

+1 for toe being a bigger problem than camber on front wheels. on the front have bad camber only puts a bit of extra weight on the inside edge, but when you corner the outside wheels will sit flatter. but having too much toe out means that the wheel isn't actually turning in the same direction as the car is moving so you end up with the tyre skidding along as well as spinning. i had the inside edge of the tyres on my pulsar wear out despite have less than 0.5 degrees of camber, but i had over 2mm of toe out. getting a wheel alignment so there was only about 0.5mm of toe out also dramatically reduced the amount of torque steer.