sounds like your talking about adjustable control arms. considering you already have control arms, which is what your steering knuckle pivots on and for suspension travel. some people say you need them on 2G's for alignment. it's to get the camber/alignment adjustments back in spec, although after lowering your car i dont think it'll ever be the same pretty sure adjustables are for the rear....hope this helps
The stock control arms are not adjustable; you adjust camber by turning the cam bolt on the lower arm. The range of adjustment is small.
when you lower the car, you alter the suspension arm angles such that you have a lot more negative camber than you should have (this is an oversimplification, but anyway).
Adjustable control arms allow you to force the rear knuckle into a more upright position, thereby getting your rear camber in spec.
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the most critical tire wear angle is toe...my camber is about 1.5 degrees negative in the rear and i think a little more in the front from lowering my car with intrax. i havent had any problems with inner tire wear to this day....just keep up on rotating your tires! hahaha
the most critical tire wear angle is toe...my camber is about 1.5 degrees negative in the rear and i think a little more in the front from lowering my car with intrax. i havent had any problems with inner tire wear to this day....just keep up on rotating your tires! hahaha
Primary reason for avoiding excessive negative camber in rear is tendency to understeer anyway. 1.5 degrees neg. camber is fine if running 2.5-3 in front.
Take a look at the top tire, and the second tire down in particular... notice how only one side of it has tread left Read my thread, there's some good info in there... and the control arms are still for sale if you'd like them.
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Control arms, What exactley do they do?
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pretty sure adjustables are for the rear....hope this helps
93 VR4 BPU
Read my thread, there's some good info in there... and the control arms are still for sale if you'd like them.
