I went to get an alignment the other day on my stock integ and an issue arose.

The numbers came out like this:

camber
Left Front – Right Front
(-0.10) ---------- (-1.20)
Left Rear – Right Rear
(-0.70) ---------- (-0.80)

the issue I am having is with the left front. It is a little off. The previous owner had gotten into a frontend accident on the left side. I was wondering if it was possible to adjust the front camber w/o buying a camber kit because I do not want this to become bigger issue later down the road (I don’t want to buy a camber kit because I am having a problem with stock suspension). And I was also wondering what to check out and replace (stock wise) to fix this issue. A-arm, Knuckle, etc. What usually gets damaged with front end collusions? Would this be an issue with the frame? And what issues will I run into later down the road when I do install struts and springs?

I am asking this because this will eventually become a track car and if the frame is tweaked, then I will have a problem. I tracked it at Button Willow and it did not feel so great, that’s why I took it to an alignment shop. They fixed a couple of other issues but they said they couldn’t adjust the front camber w/o a camber kit. I was wondering what I can do to create more negative camber on the left front side using the existing parts on the car, or is this a perminant issue?

2000 Acura Integra GSR #559

thanks,
Dan
-ioptix619 @ yahoo.com-

Modified by OpTiX619 at 9:37 PM 9/18/2003


Modified by OpTiX619 at 9:38 PM 9/18/2003


Modified by OpTiX619 at 9:28 PM 9/26/2003

 

anyone?

 

try getting a camber kit....without it there is no way to adjust it

 

Sorry to say but he is right.

 

nah hes not right at all.. there are many shops that bend cambers.. i had my bent with alignment for 100 not bad knowing that the mechanic has been doing it for years and never had a problem.. im unsure if SD has em but where i live plenty of places

 

dont really want to bend anything, kind of want to find out if anything was damaged in the accident. how do i find out what needs to be replaced or if its the frame. how would i go about inspecting it besides a visual or what do i look for?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by AzntstyleZ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nah hes not right at all.. there are many shops that bend cambers.. i had my bent with alignment for 100 not bad knowing that the mechanic has been doing it for years and never had a problem.. im unsure if SD has em but where i live plenty of places</TD></TR></TABLE>

bend cambers? uhh camber is not an object, it's a description of the tire's angle with the ground, expressed as an angle from perependicular (zero camber).

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by OpTiX619 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I went to get an alignment the other day on my stock integ and an issue arose.

The numbers came out like this:

camber
Left Front – Right Front
(-0.01) ---------- (-1.20)
Left Rear – Right Rear
(-0.07) ---------- (-0.08)

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looks to me like your problem is the right front. Everything else is pretty close to zero, except that right front which is pretty far off compared to everything else. Are you sure the car wasn't hit on the front right? Just check all the suspension arms and try and see if you see any visible signs of anything bent, etc.

 

You can get camber kits for just the fronts and rears, and honestly their not all that much if you search around.

I picked up both front and rear Ingalls cambers for $150 off ebay. I have the guys email if you wanna email him about some.

 

ebay ows j00....and patrick is right on this one....better check the other side.....

 

sorry, i had the numbers wrong. the rest did not have a 0.0* it was 0.*0 i changed the numbers on the first post. sorry about that.