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Old Feb 21, 2012, 07:45 AM
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Hit a curb, have positive camber ugh..

Nightmare. screwed up a rim. and now my car is driving bad. Checked under the car. no bends on anything tie rod control arm, etc look fine.
I currently have some camber issues. The Front right has positive camber while the rest all have negative I haven't had the time to fix it lately up until now. I took it to get an alignment but the camber is still the same. im running .9 at the front right while the front left is -1.5. I haven't adjusted camber before and I was wondering what is the best step to getting this fixed. It seems like the place I took this to get it aligned didnt fix it. I just called them and they said they will do some research on it and give me a call back.

Does this have anything to do with caster too? Caster on the left front is 2.8 while the caster on the right says 3.5 from what I was told.
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Something is bent. Take to frame shop.
Old Feb 21, 2012, 08:03 AM
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thanks for the info, I'll give that a go.
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definately can be frame damage along with suspension damage. You might be able to get underneath and see if your subframe got tweaked. The bolts should all be centered. I have seen it where the bolts are off center on one side where the accident happened. Obviously this would mean it got bent and you would need a new subframe.
I have also seen the strut mounting tabs (where the two bolts attach to the strut) get bent to where you could only tell once you take the spindle off.
You might be able to verify these things but I would go find a good shop to diagnose your issue. G/L
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Odds are you'll need a new strut and lower control arm. I doubt you have frame damage.
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