Corsa E-Tec
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i've had my tracking done and no better, it still pulls to the left sometimes.
i was told i need a camber Kit.
this is regals one.
CAMBER ADJUSTER KITS 2 BOLT FLANGE ADJUSTER STRUTS No Slotting, No Filing, No Grinding, No Welding & No under size crank bolts used.Everyone knows that tyres are expensive and constantly need replacing because of premature and uneven wear, but with our new easy to fit bolt on camber and casting kits this will no longer be a problem. With these kits you can reduce all that premature and uneven wear and also improve the traction. The fronts are all bolt-on, allowing both separate Camber and Caster with ongoing adjustment for kerb knocks. The rears, reduce the wheel squat, inner edge tyre wear, and increase traction. These are essential when lowering your car.
is it worth £90?
does any one have one?
Cheers
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Adam_B
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what suspension do you have?
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Corsa E-Tec
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Koni struts and eibach springs.
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cjonescorsa
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i think there worth it but i dont have them (intending to tho obviously) as the allow your chamber to be ajusted which when standard u cant
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-Aliba-
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I believe there are "better" on the market.
The ones i lined up, "bolt" on at the top of the strut. They are round and have a hole through them, but NOT in the middle.
Idea is, you turn the round thing, and the hole moves/aligns the camber into position, then securley fix it in place.
Cant remember who sells them tho..... almost positive they advertise on here..... 3 letters to their name.... and i'm sure they are based basically out one of the members form heres back door
aaaahhhhh all in one breath
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Corsa E-Tec
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cheer aliba, if you remember the name then U2U me.
cheers.
any one else have these?
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Adam_B
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quote:
Originally posted by -Aliba-
I believe there are "better" on the market.
The ones i lined up, "bolt" on at the top of the strut. They are round and have a hole through them, but NOT in the middle.
Idea is, you turn the round thing, and the hole moves/aligns the camber into position, then securley fix it in place.
Cant remember who sells them tho..... almost positive they advertise on here..... 3 letters to their name.... and i'm sure they are based basically out one of the members form heres back door
aaaahhhhh all in one breath
TAS?
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romeo t
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i had this problem and solved it with H&R camber adjusting bolts, just 45 a pair, got them from local sextons as they were the only dealer near me
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TOMAS
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Much to my own amazement (after much controvosey) ive just bought and fitted the TAS eccentric adjustable topmounts for my coilovers. They set me back £100 as im trade with them (about £130ish rrp) but they take a HELL of a lot of setting up!
Ive kept SOME camber as I found when I bought it back to neutral camber my tyres were catching the front arches quite badly, ive also dropped the castor to give it more positive caster (top of strut towards the rear of car) and after 40mins on the lazer alligner its spot on. Does handle a lot better, mounts seem to be quite noisey due to them being SOLID and not rubber. Also found that the mounts drop the front end by around another 10mm so that meant I could raise the coilovers even further to give an even better ride.
Only really meant for track/rally use, lets see how long they last on daily roads, avoiding potholes of course. piccy (bit dark) before it was set up correctly, this is with negative castor and camber brought back to almost neutral - NOT good for handling...
Now how low are you? It seems very strage that it pulls to the left sometimes, are you sure its not just with the camber of the road and tramlining etc? Have you had a FULL allignment (camber, castor, toe) as this SHOULD show up the problem. Also has your car ever had a bump?
[Edited on 06-05-2004 by TOMAS]
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Corsa E-Tec
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the car was perfect before i slapped on me 16's, thats when the problem started. it vibrated and pulled to the left, so i took it to be tracked with laser alignment. after two goes it has the same problem ( and they sat the streering wheel to the righ-idiots) a mate said to get a camber kit and it will sort the problem out. is he right?
did you have that same problem before.
Romeo-t. thatnks for the reply too, were abouts in the south did you get it?
cheers guys!
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GSi Holland
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H&R sells a kit with 2 bollts in it, also to reset your camber.
It's offcourse for the upper bolt, on both sides.
Got it on my Corsa.
And works beter than original. 
No more drewling or pulling on my steering anymore.
I will search for a pic of it, don't got it here on this computer.
[Edited on 0606/0505/04040404 by GSi Holland]
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Corsa E-Tec
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thanks GSI that would be 
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GSi Holland
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Here you are.
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Corsa E-Tec
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thanks GSI and the rest
gonna get this problem solved.
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TOMAS
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No mine has never done it, even when lowered 80mm! ive had it on 13's, 15's, 16's and 17's never done it! Were you on steels/GSi alloys before as switching to a tyre with wider rubber does take some getting used to as it does follow the road.
Youve still not mentioned what suspension setup you have? What brand are the 16's and what rubber? I'd almost definatley say that its NOT camber that pulls you to the left, that would be a castor thing,or incorrect tracking - either way the TAS mounts will cure it. You can also elongate the top hole of the suspension bottom mount with a file (if theirs enough metal their, their isnt on Spax RSX) and this does exactly the same job as those camber bolts above ^
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sfxer
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i have koni struts and have widened the top mounting hole to give a few mm of camber adjustment for no extra cost 
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shane2corsa
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where can i get a couple these bolts? just incase i need them, they look relatively inexpensive
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ed
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Are you sure your car hasn't been driven into a solid object at speed?
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shane2corsa
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my cars mint cheeky git, i just wanna get the camber as near to standard as poss
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Siberia
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i've just got rid of my fk coilovers because the HAVE the elongated top hole... i would seriously suggest that you DONT make the hole bigger at all... you can buy top mounts that will alow you to adjust the camber if you really insist
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shane2corsa
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anyone know where u get a set of these camber bolts? U2u me if u do
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James R
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Pulling around soudn smore liek worn tie bar bushes than anything else, is the steerign really vauge under accel and braking?
Camber shoud; affect the car pullign abotu at all.
And you can't run eccentric top mounts on non-coil over sus set ups. But I prefer Rod end'd TCA's over them.
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greebo2
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I've got eibach prokit with 30mm drop, got my wheels aligned on a Visualiner 3d imager, the buy told me the camber was perfect. So maybe I got lucky - or maybe you got the deeper drop eibachs than me ;-)
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Siberia
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i put a -60mm bilstein(cheapest one) kit into my girlfriends tigra.... never got the tracking done at all.... car doesnt pull at all and handles like an evo 6
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dna23
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Ben, could you let me know the outcome of this please mate. Thanks sam
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