Aidan Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 Hi Guys I have a 2001 Toyota Yaris T-Sport. I'm into my modifying and love the handling on it after my mods. I've not had any kind of alignment/geometry done to it, the coilover suspension has adjustable top mounts for slight camber adjustment. Car has a solid rear beam. My questions are: - What kind of negative camber could I run for better clearence for my wheels and tyres, before it starts spoiling the handling? You can get -3 and -5 degree camber SHIMS for the rear from the United States, but even -3 degrees seems too much. - How much handling improvement could be had from simply getting a Geo? - Where can I get it done in the Yorkshire Region (I live in the York Area) Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 10, 2012 Report Share Posted April 10, 2012 The sport probably has rear discs, if that's the case you may need to space the calliper carrier if you fit shims. What other mods are you thinking of doing, poly's? different off-sets, spacers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted April 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Well I have a rear ARB fitted (dont come as standard) with poly bushes, the front ARB bushes are rubbish as standard, so they're poly aswell. I have coilovers and run some Rota Grid V's at the moment, I had some higher offset wheels with spacers before, but right now i'm spacer free. I'd like slight camber for appearence and possibly a performance improvement, but how far do you reckon I could go before it is pointless/making it worse? The camber shims are machined over in the US, for the "Scion XB" which shares suspension/underpinnings/engines with the Yaris T-Sport, so the shims would fit straight in - theyre just limited to -3 degrees and -5degrees, and I dont trust those plastic shims you can get (plus I doubt they can get much camber can they?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 Three degrees is a hell of a lot and will require around two degrees at the front to maintain turn in. The Hunter shim, STD/ Black, RP5-46-1501, will allow an ideal -1 degree 50', so a -1 degree 10' front camber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted April 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Thanks Tony. So what would be the route of action if I wanted around 1.5 of camber all round or so? I mean, I could fit both a plastic shim in the rear, and camber bolts in the front, but obviously then it will need geometry. Where can I go in Yorkshire for this (and it be decent) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Might be worth a run down the M1 Aidan to the new centre in Milton Keynes when it's open? At least you know the job will be done properly then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 We are open in MK :bananapopcorn: As for the actual settings it would depend on the current castor positions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted April 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 Ahhh soo far away! But maybe worth it for the right job, your name is thrown about everywhere as "the best". Milton Keynes is too far :bananapopcorn: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted April 20, 2012 Report Share Posted April 20, 2012 The castor adds stability as well as other things, so the camber position needs to be set accordingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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