S18 RSG 429 Report post Posted August 28, 2015 Good morning everyone. Firstly, I apologise for what I know is going to be a stupid question, but I just need someone to tell me I'm not crazy. I had my car in the garage to have the Eibach Sportlines fitted yesterday, along with camber bolts and rear bushes. I asked the garage if they could leave the car at around 1.5degrees of negative camber all round (I've read numbers around these are about ideal for the GT). I'm sure I'm right in assuming that, when lowering the car, the likelihood is that the camber would have been at around 2-3 degrees of negative camber already, due to the lowering. However, I'm 90% sure the garage I took it to clearly didn't understand my request, and have simply set the bushes and bolts to give an additional 1 degree of camber all round, instead of properly setting the camber to the ~1.5 degrees I asked for, as simply by looking at the wheels I can see the camber is hugely out (to my eye, comparing to pictures around the net, it seems to be closer to 4 degrees). Please set my mind at ease and tell me that it was their mistake, and not me being stupid. The bolts and bushes should allow the car to be set to what I want, right? Or do they literally only allow for MORE negative camber, rather than back the other way. Again, I'm sure I already know the answer, but please someone confirm or deny this. Thanks in advance, Ross. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smudge 1020 Report post Posted August 28, 2015 Did you take it to a place with a proper alignment system like Hunter? This way you'll get a laser-guided printout of your settings, like this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S18 RSG 429 Report post Posted August 28, 2015 I took it to a garage that my family has used for years. They work on Porsches (my dad takes his 911 there) and they did the alignment on my dad's car, so I assumed they knew what they were doing (first time I've been there personally). But your point is exactly why I have my doubts, no, I did not get a printout. As I say, I'm sure they have laser alignment there, as they work on expensive cars, and my dad doesn't just take his car to any old place, but I can't help but feel they just didn't even bother with mine, as they told me it was a pain in the ass to work on, so as far as I'm concerned, they might have just wanted it out of their workshop. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smudge 1020 Report post Posted August 28, 2015 Unless you've seen them put it onto the Hunter (or equivalent) machine, I'd take it somewhere else that actually has this setup so you can see for yourself the end result Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
S18 RSG 429 Report post Posted August 28, 2015 That's exactly my plan this afternoon, I'm heading across to the place I usually go for alignment which I know for sure has a laser system. Like I say, I just wanted confirmation that I wasn't going crazy, and that the current setup has enough flexibility to achieve the settings I asked, and it wasn't just me being stupid Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smudge 1020 Report post Posted August 28, 2015 I can't comment on that as I've got fully adjustable coilovers at the front and camber arms at the back, but I would imagine that the bolts and bushes allow for the same thing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
