Hello,
I had to get new rear tyres today because the inner edges were worn smooth and the rest of the tyres had about 4mm left on them. Once the tyre place fitted they checked the tracking and camber of the rear wheels, they were sitting at -3.0 degrees, saw it for myself. However they could not adjust them because the car is lowered and with 19" wheels, it would catch the wheel arch over bumps. They reckon the previous owner made the camber that way to stop it from rubbing. Question is, is -3.0 too much negative camber, and what is the correct setting. On my autodata its say it should 1.4 degrees, but that would make the tyre stick out of the arches by 3-4mm. the car is a 2006 tdi 140sport. any suggestions?
koush
I had to get new rear tyres today because the inner edges were worn smooth and the rest of the tyres had about 4mm left on them. Once the tyre place fitted they checked the tracking and camber of the rear wheels, they were sitting at -3.0 degrees, saw it for myself. However they could not adjust them because the car is lowered and with 19" wheels, it would catch the wheel arch over bumps. They reckon the previous owner made the camber that way to stop it from rubbing. Question is, is -3.0 too much negative camber, and what is the correct setting. On my autodata its say it should 1.4 degrees, but that would make the tyre stick out of the arches by 3-4mm. the car is a 2006 tdi 140sport. any suggestions?
koush