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Old 06 Jan 2003, 02:09 pm
Stephen R. Stephen R. is offline
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PT's (and many FWD strut cars) don't have factory adjustability for camber. Camber is the tilting in (negative camber) or outward (positive) of the top of the tire. With dropped suspensions, negative camber is the result. BTW, Fords are the biggest offenders of camber <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle> Check out the Escorts to see what I mean here.

ANYWAY... there's a bolt called a cam-bolt or crash-bolt that allows camber adjustment to the factory setup: http://www.ingallseng.com/cars/chrysler.html

Did I need it on my Eibach drop? Probably not, but I figured since they had the strut assembly already apart, why not spend an extra $30 and put these two bolts in. Plus, I'm running 40-series tires so if there's some bad wear going on, I have the ability to fix it.

Part # is 3542 and is the same one as 2001+ Civics so you should be able to pick them up in the checkout line at Kmart...

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