Am planning to fit front and rear discs and pads this weekend, and some camber bolts for the rear as it I'm having a 4 wheel alignment next week hopefully.

Now I've got all the kit sat in the garage already but I wanted to iron out a question I had re the cam bolts which was which way should the handle face for negative camber?

All guides agree that ideally only the top bolt of the rear strut should be replaced .
However, I've read 2 unofficial guides which say the "handle" (or large washer tab) should face away from the strut for negative camber, whilst the Whiteline installation instructions on their website say the washer tab should face in towards the strut.

So the question is - which one is right!?

I've seen Fuzz answer similar questions so hopefully he might be able to help.
P.S. I also see a lot of people mentioning having the "bumpsteer" mod done at Powerstation - what is this?

 

Bump steer is cured by shimming the steering rack OR replacement track rod ends & ball joints.

HTH

dunx

 

There isn't much bumpsteer to dial out in a new age shape so no need to worry about that.
Have you had it aligned before and been recommended camber bolts?
I only ask because normally you have enough camber on the rear without adding bolts.
By all means bring them with you when you have it aligned, if they are needed, they can be fitted then.

But if you are going to fit them..
tab in towards the centre of the car to increase camber
tab towards the wheel to reduce it.
However, without out knowing which way you need to put it, you may find you end up paying to have them swapped round to the other way.

 

Thanks mate.
Had the car aligned before and was looking for slightly more negative camber on the rear.
Many thanks!

 

Best way to get more neg camber is to fit 2 sets of camber bolts, this can give up to 1.5 degrees, any more than that and you are looking at either adjustable arms (STI style) or adjustable top mounts which aren't ideal as you need to remove the seats to get to them

 

Cheers all for your comments and advice

 

I wonder why you think you need more camber at the rear? Too much oversteer? Increasing rear negative camber will result in increased understeer at higher speeds.

Simon