Negative camber for better handling

[NateD]

On my 1981 GJ, I changed the camber by knocking the locating pins out of the strut tops and rotating them 180 degrees.

This is for the models with four bolts at the top of the strut and an oval shaped hole for the strut to go through.

When I got KYB strut tops, they actually came with the locating pins in the opposite position from the original ones.

[DragonCypher]

How much of a difference can you get with factory struts?


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Chris

[dirtygalant]

I did the same trick - I think it's approx 2 degrees difference. I was running about +0.5-1 degrees camber up front in stock standard form and after lowering and strut tops switched around I ended up with about -2.2-2.5 on the front.

[Billsy]

i did the same on my GJ, it did make a noticeable difference.

havent had an alignment yet and dont know how the tyre wear will go.
has anyone been running reasonably wide tyres with this done... does it dramatically wear the tyres unevenly?

[dirtygalant]

am running 205/50 R16s for road rubber and 205/55 R16s slicks for track days - can't say I've noticed a difference in tyre wear. Camber by itself isn't the sole cause of un-even tyre wear, it's usually when it's combined with excess toe-in or toe-out that the camber wear is accelerated. I'm running approx -3.2-3.5 degrees on the rear of mine with the toe nearly spot on and the insides have bearly worn more than the rest of the tread.

[NateD]

havent had an alignment yet and dont know how the tyre wear will go.

You need to readjust the toe when you do it because it changes the toe a little.

Toe is really the only thing that is adjustable on these cars, so I do it myself by taping a couple sticks to the tires and measuring between the ends with a tape measure.

[Billsy]

havent had an alignment yet and dont know how the tyre wear will go.

You need to readjust the toe when you do it because it changes the toe a little.

Toe is really the only thing that is adjustable on these cars, so I do it myself by taping a couple sticks to the tires and measuring between the ends with a tape measure.

yeah i did a "tapemeasure" wheel alignment when i did it, it went way way out but till i fix the farked balljoints, and rooted idler arm im not paying for an alignment.