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Tyre/Lowering/Camber problems!
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:33 pm
by Bryony84
Went to a tyre place to get a pair of new front tyres (the car ate the last ones!). Needed to get the camber sorted properly, but the guy at the garage claimed that it wasn't adjustable and suggested I raise it 10-20mm...
Anyone else heard anything like this? Anyone running low have any suggestions?
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:43 pm
by Tetsuo_83
Bullsh*t! Im down 60mm front, 50mm rear. The rear of a Polo
isnt camber adjustable, but the front
is.
Tell him he's a moron and do it again!! If the camber bolts are in backwards it confuses some (stupid) people.
If you have a massive drop you'll never get it bang on, but I got it to within a degree of right!
Unfortunatley excessive rear tyre wear is just one of the joys of lowering a polo
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:48 pm
by ModifiedMadness
As above Bryony, the front has some adjustment on it but the rear has none.
Posted: Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:51 pm
by Si_GTi
If you need more adjustment on the front to get it right you can get some CCC bolts by H&R. They allow you a finer degree of adjustment on the front. Still doesn't help the rear camber though!
Cheers
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 10:36 am
by Bryony84
There isn't much camber on the back really, its the fronts that are the major problem, I've just spoken to a different place who say they can't do it either. They said maybe speak to the main dealer because it can't be done on each strut, apparently its more complicated than that or something.
I've been trying to get this done for so long its ridiculous and now I need new front tyres because of it!
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:15 am
by Bepe
right, to adjust the front camber mate do this!:::::
undo the two bolts that are circled, and pull twards as much as you can, that will sort your camber out mate, then you will need to get it tracked!
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:16 pm
by Bryony84
This is really winding me up, I know how to adjust it but no-one will listen to me! I've called 2 garages and my local vw stealer and they all say they can't do it despite me telling them that it is possible.
Does anyone know of a garage in the Portsmouth area that has done this on a 6n2 and therefore won't treat me like a moron!?
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:37 pm
by Bepe
well you can do the camber yourself? tracking will have to be done by garage? or am i missing something?
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 12:43 pm
by Bryony84
I can't really do it myself as I have nowhere to do it and as far as I am aware from what I have read, it can only be done accurately with a camber gauge which i don't have.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:03 pm
by Bepe
honest mate, undo them two bolts pull out as far as you can! thats what tanvic tyres did on mine!
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:10 pm
by Bryony84
Surely its not going to be very accurate without a gauge? I don't want to make things worse. It would be a bit difficult for me to do it at the moment as well as I have no offroad parking so would have to do it on the road outside my house!
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:21 pm
by mk4 glx 1.6
Bryony, the only specialist I can think of in Pompey is
JKM. It might be worth giving them a call as they supply/fit coilovers etc including alignment so they should know what they are doing.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:28 pm
by Bryony84
I shall give it a try, thanks! Can't be any worse than speaking to any of the idiots i've talked to so far!
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 1:49 pm
by neilw
You could try these people
http://www.micheldever.co.uk/micheldeve ... 20page.htm
They did mine, have all the latest computerised laser stuff.
They get very busy at weekends.
Posted: Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:11 pm
by Bryony84
Its quite a way from me and I could only go on a saturday but its definitely worth a try if I have no joy nearer to home!