I just installed some Omnipower coilovers on my EVO and it needs a alignment. The car pulls to one side a little and to get the car going straight you have to turn wheel just a little. Im a little confused on one thing though. When you are standing in front of the car on the drivers side it looks like the front tire has no camber. When you stand on the passenger side you can see a couple degress of camber. I cant seem to figure out why the driver side is not doing the same thing as the passenger side. Will a alignment take care of this ( I know alignments dont really mess with camber but could somethimg else be causing my wheel to do this?) Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks
-Leonard

 

camber is very much a part of an alignment-it's just that most Hondas don't have camber adjustments in stock form,so you have to leave it as-is or make/add a correction kit.some cars have a camber adjustment from the factory,some don't.
the effect on camber should be the same on both side assuming it's lowered the same amount on both sides.has the car been wrecked?looks can be deceiving when it comes to eyeballing the alignment.get it to a shop to be set up correctly.
chris

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by TeamNextGenChris &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">camber is very much a part of an alignment-it's just that most Hondas don't have camber adjustments in stock form,so you have to leave it as-is or make/add a correction kit.some cars have a camber adjustment from the factory,some don't.
the effect on camber should be the same on both side assuming it's lowered the same amount on both sides.has the car been wrecked?looks can be deceiving when it comes to eyeballing the alignment.get it to a shop to be set up correctly.
chris</TD></TR></TABLE>

Car is a 03 EVO with 800 miles on it. Car has never been wrecked. Maybe I am just eyeballing it wrong but it really looks off. I plan on getting it aligned on Tuesday. I just dont see how one side can have negative camber and the other side be fine.

 

You're probably not imagining things with the camber. When I hit a curb, I had 2*+ of cross camber (difference between L and R) before I started replacing bent suspension pieces, and the car pulled to the left like crazy...

First of all, I'm assuming you have the same ride height settings on both sides? (same number on turns on the coilovers)

Don't EVOs have MacPherson strut front suspensions, with stock camber adjustment (by moving the strut mount)? Maybe when installing the shocks, you may have changed the camber adjustment by mistake? Just a thought...