problem with front camber at alignment shop

[s13irdie2]

hey guys
i went to the alignment shop today to change my camber in the front and they said the passgenger side maxed out at -.97 degrees and the drivers side was -2.28. i see the camberplates maxed out all the way and theyre different from one another. could i have switched the coilovers around? would it matter which ones left or right?

[blu808]

usually that would indicate a bent arm or frame rail.

[s13irdie2]

would jacking up the car from the radiator support mess it up?? cause i usually jack my car up from there. thanks

[s13irdie2]

btw, which arm would probably be bent if this happens? is the frame rail on the side of the car?

[orion::S14]

I would bet the spindle bolt will allow some movement...when you put the coilovers on, I bet one loaded up negative, the other positive.

Loosen both spindle bolts, push IN on the coilover, and I'll bet the spindle/hub will tilt toward the negative.

Or you have a bent LCA...?

- Brian

[s13irdie2]

wheres the spindle bolt? is it on top near the camber plates? thanks for your help

[s13irdie2]

as for the frame rail, is it fixable? how much would it cost to fix that?

[HaLo]

I agree. I also think the problem is with the spindle that bolts up to the shocks.

[s13irdie2]

can someone tell me where the spindle is located exactly? im trying to look it up on google. thanks guys.

[HaLo]

your shocks are bolted to the hub spindles. Your shocks are most probably slotted. loosen them up, push the shocks, and look at the negative camber grow! ;)

[s13irdie2]

alright ill give it a try tom. thanks a lot!

[Nagaremono]

my car was like this and it was a bent tie rod.

[s13irdie2]

i just put in a new tein tie rods so i doubt its that. thanks for the tip though.

[s13irdie2]

alrite i checked it out today and loosened the spindle bolts and boom! negative camber. thanks for the help guys!

[thx247]

Find a new alignment shop, that one's obviously over its head.

[HaLo]

Indeed. I can't believe your alignment shop could not see that.

[s13irdie2]

it was firestone. :) they usually dont let people change the specs on the camber since their company policy is to only set it to factory specs.

[S14DB]

I goto Firestone all the time with my Lifetime alingment. I can have the guy put it to whatever I want. He put it to factory. Then I just go back everytime I want to change something. I may have to go back a couple of times cause they are only bugeted like 30mins for the alignment and ajusting mutiple arms can take some time.

[s13irdie2]

yeah the guy said it took him an hour to do juss the back. 100 bucks for lifetime is pretty cheap.