Negative camber - what is recommended?

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 20 Jul 2008, 10:47 pm

#659075

I am going to adjust the front end of My beetle so it has more negative camber
My car is just a road car

so what is acceptable ?
and useful
and won't wear the tyres out in a few thousand kms..

I don't want it in minutes and degrees

degrees and maybe a figure in mms..??
something I can use..

Lee

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68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 20 Jul 2008, 10:57 pm

#659079

Rims are 6 inches wide

165 tyres

I have the extra offset adjusters to fit

Lee

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16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 21 Jul 2008, 6:43 am

#659101

Lee

u wont need much seeing its a street car

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

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BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 21 Jul 2008, 8:16 am

#659109

Maybe go 0.5 degrees... I run 2.5 on my club car, and will get ti to about 3 soon.

Also i get mine done with me in the car, so that its even in normal driving conditions....

I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 21 Jul 2008, 10:05 am

#659134

1 deg neg on the front.... 1 deg neg on the rear.

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 21 Jul 2008, 9:47 pm

#659276

I ran 2.5 degree neg on a road car with yokohama a008 tyres for 12 months and tha wear was vert little.

So with your tyres and use i reckon, 1.5 neg camber front and 1 neg rear.

Cheers Col

BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 22 Jul 2008, 10:53 am

#659324

Also it will be dependant on the profile of your tires. Assuming they are 165R15's the profile is pretty high and i think the tire wall will flex and wear the tred evenly. Its more of an issue when your running lower profile wide tires.....

I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!

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11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Jul 2008, 6:20 pm

#659412

BiX wrote:Also it will be dependant on the profile of your tires. Assuming they are 165R15's the profile is pretty high and i think the tire wall will flex and wear the tred evenly. Its more of an issue when your running lower profile wide tires.....

Yes, I realize that
so I shouldn't have any problems
I will be doing the rear end in the future too

cheers

LEE

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1,005 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 22 Jul 2008, 7:51 pm

#659444

yeah about 1 deg sounds good thats what i ran and got about 5000 miles out of a set of firestones wore very evenly.

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