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sudz
09-30-2013, 04:35 PM
Hey,

I just got an alignment at Putneys Auto in hamilton. They do good work there. Its not all digital or crazy efficient (they spent over an hour on it) But they took their time doing it and the price is decent.

The guy came up to me and let me know he wasn't happy with the rear camber. One tire is -2 degrees, the other is -1.5 degrees.

It being non-adjustable he said there was nothing he could do - But he let me know that there was an option to break of the welded bolts, drill out the hole to the right/left to give me a degree of adjustability.

Does this seem like a smart idea? I would think if it was that easy, Mazda would have designed it that way.

I am no longer lowered, the only "aftermarket" thing back there is Koni Yellows, on stock springs with only about 40,000km on those springs (about 8,000km since I unlowered)

pwdunmore
09-30-2013, 04:42 PM
Just get some adjustable camber arms for $150-$200, amazon or JBR sells them.

I have SPC adjustable camber arms on my car.

Do not drill something that holds load/weight... changing the geometry could change where the load travels through the members.

sudz
09-30-2013, 05:35 PM
Is -2 degrees something I should worry about?

Hyperion
09-30-2013, 05:50 PM
-2 no
-2/-1.5 is the furthest I'd let it differentiate

zzz3
10-01-2013, 11:24 AM
Warlord's spc adjustable camber arm group is still on going. I think it's $120 shipped to Canada now.

sudz
10-01-2013, 12:35 PM
Honestly my car has 215k on it, I just got the alignment and I'm not ridiculously far from spec. I'm just gonna leave it and save my money, and rotate my tires frequently.

its shocking that I'm at -2 degrees camber, when I have stock springs and stock wheelsize/setup. Wonder why?

kimchisoup
10-24-2013, 12:30 AM
Honestly my car has 215k on it, I just got the alignment and I'm not ridiculously far from spec. I'm just gonna leave it and save my money, and rotate my tires frequently.

its shocking that I'm at -2 degrees camber, when I have stock springs and stock wheelsize/setup. Wonder why?

Consider yourself fortunate. After a curb,
I'm -0.4 and -1.6 up front
-3.3 and -2.2 in the back

sudz
10-24-2013, 02:03 AM
Eek.