nutt3r Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 hey guys does anyone know how to adjust the camber on a 1983 toyota corolla ke70 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bLinded_ Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 Impossible...If it is stock. Otherwise, longer lower control arms and/or adjustable camper tops are the only alternatives for the front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19914afc Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 get corona or sigma lca's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyota_ae71 Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 get corona or sigma lca's. What he said, I'd reccomend xt130 Corona arms though as they give about 1.5-2.5 degrees depending how low your car is. GH Sigma's are a little over the top. 3-4 negative degrees, so unless its a full blown track car i'd personally stick to the Corona Lower Control Arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RainWarriorDregs Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 what he said Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamboo Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 I dispute this. If you need minimal camber change, find an old skool wheel aligner. One who only does wheel alignments. They can do strut bends. No you wont get 4 degree camber, but they can give it a little and sort out alignment!! Is it true? I have had it done on a datto 1600. Aligner even compensated more camber for the drivers side because I didn't have many passengers. Yeah, I know I'm not that popular!!!LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan G Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 I dispute this. If you need minimal camber change, find an old skool wheel aligner. One who only does wheel alignments. They can do strut bends. No you wont get 4 degree camber, but they can give it a little and sort out alignment!! Is it true? I have had it done on a datto 1600. Aligner even compensated more camber for the drivers side because I didn't have many passengers. Yeah, I know I'm not that popular!!!LOL ill try on those cressida rims, if i got room to play between the strut and the rim, cruise to your wheel aligner at frankston? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob83ke70 Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 coming from someone who works in a place that has a wheel alignment machine: for a "custom" job - ie to change from factory spec in a car that provides you with minimal adjustment, you are probably best going to a place that specialises in wheel alignments and has people there who have been in the trade a long time. if you want factory specification, then any intelligent mechanic with a wheel aligner (read: my workshop!) can do it. if something is bent or busted and things are outside specification, then any intelligent mechanic can find and replace/repair parts until its back within specification. slightly deviating from topic: ke70 has a different track to ke55 (I think?) and the subframe and control arms are different lengths, so sigma control arms wouldn't give as extreme neg camber in a ke55? Robert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamboo Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 coming from someone who works in a place that has a wheel alignment machine: for a "custom" job - ie to change from factory spec in a car that provides you with minimal adjustment, you are probably best going to a place that specialises in wheel alignments and has people there who have been in the trade a long time. if you want factory specification, then any intelligent mechanic with a wheel aligner (read: my workshop!) can do it. if something is bent or busted and things are outside specification, then any intelligent mechanic can find and replace/repair parts until its back within specification. slightly deviating from topic: ke70 has a different track to ke55 (I think?) and the subframe and control arms are different lengths, so sigma control arms wouldn't give as extreme neg camber in a ke55? Robert. Good post Robert. My datto had saggy rear suspension, like all old indie rear ends do. As you said, a good aligner can fix it. I was cheap and got a strut bend. It can be done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRD ke70 Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 I dispute this. If you need minimal camber change, find an old skool wheel aligner. One who only does wheel alignments. They can do strut bends. No you wont get 4 degree camber, but they can give it a little and sort out alignment!! Is it true? I have had it done on a datto 1600. Aligner even compensated more camber for the drivers side because I didn't have many passengers. Yeah, I know I'm not that popular!!!LOL True, we use to do this in NZ and i know of one place in Brisbane who use to do it too. Dunlop actually made a tool for doing exactly that, it clamped on to your strut and bolted onto the hub, then you just wound a bolt to tweak the strut. It's a loss art, F**k all people know how to do it, and fewer will do it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamboo Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 (edited) True, we use to do this in NZ and i know of one place in Brisbane who use to do it too.Dunlop actually made a tool for doing exactly that, it clamped on to your strut and bolted onto the hub, then you just wound a bolt to tweak the strut. It's a loss art, F**k all people know how to do it, and fewer will do it!! I know one in Melbourne. The old boy has gone. The apprentice bought the business. Their rep in the area was/is gold. So there is another solution! TRD I've seen the tool. Didn't know the manufacturer, but knew of it. Thanks for the insight. Edited July 23, 2010 by Bamboo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch-12 Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 what tie rod ends do you use with sigma lca's ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toyota_ae71 Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 fairly sure its RA60 tie rods end mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KENut Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Elongate the strut top holes with a file. :yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19914afc Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 fairly sure its RA60 tie rods end mate. yep, A series ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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