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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:24 am 
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Gday everyone, just wondering if someone can answer a quick Q for me:

I just bought a lowered car, i want to raise it an inch, it seems the camber cannot be properly adjusted with how low it is.

Whats the cheapest, legal way to do this, i am taking it for a rwc asap.

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Fit one inch longer springs and check the range of your shocks, they may need replacing too. Then sell your removed suspension on to some naive optimist who thinks he can make it work. There are plenty of them in loose Slammit Land.
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:01 am 
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What type of car is the setup on GASMAN, How low is low too?
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:54 pm 
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You could just get a camber kit
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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 2:58 pm 
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Gday, this is all on a 97mdl EL fairmont.
The camber kit is an idea i was pondering, but i dont know much about them and i dont want to need to rotate the tyres every 6months.

Thanks for the ideas gentlemen, i might buy a set of spring tensioners and fit those spacers which will give me 10mm :)

Hopefully thats enough :)
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All a camber kit is is the factory upper arm mounts with longer bolts, so you can fit more shims.
They actually come from factory with a shim tack welded onto the mount.
If you take it to a good wheel aligner there is no reason he cannot get the wheels aligned to stock settings.

 

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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 9:03 pm 
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Thanks everyone, i am just going to return to pre-AU rims, i think it might be the spacers ?:(?

Its only on the back right wheel though?

Any ideas guys?
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right rear wheel? buckled? or has it been slid into a gutter on a round a bout or something and bent the axle?

 

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