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Negative camber on an HHR?

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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 08:54 PM
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That's how mine looked with defective new rear wheel bearings. Really.
Old Jul 17, 2012 | 09:48 PM
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I didnt say I was gunna do it..Im just kinda fond of the way it gets everbody goin..kid rolled into my shop with one of these..next thing ya know...loooks like the entire complex was on coffee break...
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 12:50 AM
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Ever follow a BMW Z-3 ? they are set like that, not as extreme, but set to neg camber.

Our '96 Z-3 was correctly aligned @ BMW & used Z rated tires. Only lasted about 20K on them.. But man it was really planted in turns..
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 05:09 AM
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the cartune of your panel loks the same way Sleeper(I guess nobody noticed)..thats the look I was shootin for..need 26 inch rim for the rears..22s in front
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 06:52 AM
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I see that a lot on air ride setup's when they are parked and dropped. For driving, they are aired back up.
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by pyro panel
the cartune of your panel loks the same way Sleeper(I guess nobody noticed)..thats the look I was shootin for..need 26 inch rim for the rears..22s in front
Isn't 26" the limit for the entire wheel/tire diameter before it gets up against stuff?
Old Jul 18, 2012 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Breadfan
Isn't 26" the limit for the entire wheel/tire diameter before it gets up against stuff?
Pretty sure his plans call for a lot of cutting.....
Old Jul 19, 2012 | 12:26 AM
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Nah....just wrap a few book bands around the rims....good to go!
Old Jul 19, 2012 | 12:37 AM
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Nah....just wrap a few book bands around the rims....good to go!
That'll do it !!!

Gotta say, our former 1996 BMW Z-3 had heavy neg camber on back. But the tires wore evenly. That I found to be amazing.
Old Jul 19, 2012 | 08:50 AM
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If the toe is set to perfectly 0*, that's possible. During autocross season, I ran over -4* in front and around -1* in the rear of my last car, and it wasn't TOO bad on tires, either. I used to get 30-40K miles out of most tires, which isn't terrible.

The car in the pic at the top is not about performance, though.



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