Noel Posted April 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 But are you then trading off the correct Camber just to get the Castor right? Which is more important? having the camber perfect or Castor or should we try find a medium in the middle somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 24, 2008 Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 But are you then trading off the correct Camber just to get the Castor right? Which is more important? having the camber perfect or Castor or should we try find a medium in the middle somewhere? Your camber is to deep anyway at -50'.... OEM =-30'. If you adjust to around -20'/30' you will gain around +45' of castor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted April 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2008 But are you then trading off the correct Camber just to get the Castor right? Which is more important? having the camber perfect or Castor or should we try find a medium in the middle somewhere? Your camber is to deep anyway at -50'.... OEM =-30'. If you adjust to around -20'/30' you will gain around +45' of castor. ah ok, great thanks here's the twisted bit... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted May 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 All better thanks for you assistance Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted May 2, 2008 Report Share Posted May 2, 2008 Well done ...... The only down side is they needed to lower the OSF camber to reduce to castor, so expect more wear on the inner..... But hay at least she drive forward now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted June 23, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2008 Well done ...... The only down side is they needed to lower the OSF camber to reduce to castor, so expect more wear on the inner..... But hay at least she drive forward now just checked the inner tyres today and it's looking depressing, both fronts have a shiny inner edge again...... they're wearing as bad as ever.... what can i do??? please advise oh wise one.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 24, 2008 Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Well done ...... The only down side is they needed to lower the OSF camber to reduce to castor, so expect more wear on the inner..... But hay at least she drive forward now just checked the inner tyres today and it's looking depressing, both fronts have a shiny inner edge again...... they're wearing as bad as ever.... what can i do??? please advise oh wise one.... Get some cusco adjustable upper A arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted June 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2008 Well done ...... The only down side is they needed to lower the OSF camber to reduce to castor, so expect more wear on the inner..... But hay at least she drive forward now just checked the inner tyres today and it's looking depressing, both fronts have a shiny inner edge again...... they're wearing as bad as ever.... what can i do??? please advise oh wise one.... Get some cusco adjustable upper A arms. ok will look into to it, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted June 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Tony from what i've been able to fing out, the CUSCO adjustable upper wishbones are to increase negative camber... what i need is to reduce the negative? am i mistaken? taken from a Tezza forum Update on the Cusco arms: There are four settings that it can be set to, through the use of 4 bolts on a sliding rail, and two locking bolts. The settings are stock, -4mm, -8mm and -12mm, with increasing negative camber respectively. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted June 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Ok i've found a better solution... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KMAC-FRONT-...emZ250263248653 this kit uses the original wishbone but replaces the bushes with adjustable ones ... magic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 Ok i've found a better solution... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/KMAC-FRONT-...emZ250263248653 this kit uses the original wishbone but replaces the bushes with adjustable ones ... magic They are the babies ..... Happy days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted June 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 l'll order them so ... just wanted to hear it from from the Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted June 29, 2008 Report Share Posted June 29, 2008 l'll order them so ... just wanted to hear it from from the Doc The future is looking good and i expect a full recovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted August 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2008 Hi Tony, back again.... well i got adjustable bushings for the top wishbones and put them on today and going back to my geometry guy tomorrow.... set them to max for now hoping that he can use the lower OEM adjusters to get a nice balance? although you can actually see that i now have excess positive camber and the wheels are out alot more at the top ... you called it spot on regarding wear on the insides of the OSF, but it is way more severe than ever before, (i have a picture that i'll put up later) but from the reading in the scanned print out above is this totally due to the camber? have done 6000km's since and there's actual threads exposed now what readings should i insist on tomorrow to cure this dreaded inner wear? camber -00.30 on both fronts? Toe? as close to 0 as possible? thanks again just gone gold as I'm very grateful for your advice to date Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 If i recall i said you will sacrifice the camber to balance the castor..... All this should work out now you have new adjusters.... Yes -30' would be fine on your suspension.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Hi Tony, what is your opinion on our final values? 1.5 hours of fine tuning later (adjusters were put in the day before) ... Camber is a bit more than you said but he said it might suit my roads better as i live in the countryside and it's mostly twisty roads, rarely a motorway journey... Castor is fine now, but the "kingpin" is gone outside tolerances but regarding importance where is that on the list and will i be ok with it as is? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Superb ...... Whoever set the car do so enthusiastically, very nice work. As for the king-pin don't worry, the amount it's wrong is of no concern to me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Superb ...... Whoever set the car do so enthusiastically, very nice work. As for the king-pin don't worry, the amount it's wrong is of no concern to me Thats a great endorsment, ya he's dedicated alright, he takes a great interest in the final result anyway my Altezza is driving fab now thats again for your help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Superb ...... Whoever set the car do so enthusiastically, very nice work. As for the king-pin don't worry, the amount it's wrong is of no concern to me Thats a great endorsment, ya he's dedicated alright, he takes a great interest in the final result anyway my Altezza is driving fab now thats again for your help Can you please tell LOC about this place?..... Ireland is screaming out for a decent alignment centre!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Superb ...... Whoever set the car do so enthusiastically, very nice work. As for the king-pin don't worry, the amount it's wrong is of no concern to me Thats a great endorsment, ya he's dedicated alright, he takes a great interest in the final result anyway my Altezza is driving fab now thats again for your help Can you please tell LOC about this place?..... Ireland is screaming out for a decent alignment centre!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted August 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Will do but it's in Co.Kerry which is fairly far South ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 Will do but it's in Co.Kerry which is fairly far South ... Tell the world.... They are top dogs in my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 I thought it was all over but i took off both wheels today to check how the wear was going ....these are Goodyear F1's and have done 6000km's (3,700 miles) now it was the passenger side front wheel that was damaged by the pothole and it's the one that's been making the most creaks but this time it's the driver side that's gone bald on the edge... Tony please advise as I'm getting so sick of buying tyres for this car , i love this car but this is really getting to me as I've had crap cars over the years and never a problem like this.... what do you think is causing this .... thanks Noel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 That's bad, sorry to hear you've still got problems mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted January 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 That's bad, sorry to hear you've still got problems mate ya it's kind of sickening at this stage ..... sorry about the big pics but i had thumbnails to imageshack first but you get hit with loads of pop-ups ... cheers mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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