99AcuraTL03

I got into a wreck a few weeks ago. i brought my car into school to do my alignment and my camber was way off... my teacher said there is no way to adjust camber on my car. is this possible? by the way i drive a 01 tl-p

fsttyms1

If your camber is off you have something bent. There is no way to adjust it other than aftermarket stuff. I would suggest bringing it into a alignment shop or body shop to see whats bent.

juanclopez2786

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was the acccident in the front or rear? i just had my car on the lift the other day and noticed my tire is down to the metal on the inside and when i inspected everything i found the knuckle was bent in towards the strut more than the other side was. i gotta get the knuckle now and then put it on the alignment rack to make sure nothing else is bent.

99AcuraTL03

it was wrecked on the whole side... hit a ditch and flipped into the trees

juanclopez2786

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find out what they replaced at the body shop so you can narrow it down. it should just go right bak to them tho because when its done the car has to be perfect. when i worked at honda and we had body shop cars as soon as i put it on the alignment rack and saw camber was off i had to print it out and the body shop had to get more money from the insurance company to fix the issue. talk to the body shop first. they got paid to do a job and didnt complete it.

99AcuraTL03

actually i haven't got the car fixed yet... only had liability and the guy that ran me off the road ran... so basically im kinda screwed. ill check what firestone tells me

silver3.2tl

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something is definitely bent... probably the strut

juanclopez2786

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u hit a ditch and flipped into the trees and all u have is some bad camber?

JterrorC

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so u saying no matter how low we go our camber should equal zero..

i hav neg all around..i thought it was cuz of the drop n no kit

It's Clutch

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^thats how it tends to be from what i've seen so far. But not entirely sure why. By looking at your car, you have a bigger drop from the most, the majority that have done just a moderate drop have developed some extreme of camber. the cause is a mystery to me.

JterrorC

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well i think i understand y....

all the arms are made a certain length rite....so when u drop the car...som arms need to be shorter or longer... hence stickin it out in the bottom n tuckin it in on top....

pure guess...

hANDYcaptd

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Control arms are fixed length. When you drop, they pivot and causes the negative camber.

fsttyms1

No, thats not what im saying. I was saying nothing about lowering it. The question was asked if there was a way to adjust it because his teacher said you couldnt. Like i said if its off due to his "Accident" something is bent. Now if you are lowered or lower it it WILL effect your camber.

n0rm

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got any pics?

99AcuraTL03

yea ill try to get some up soon. cars pretty beat up. need to replace passenger front fender, hood bumper, passenger door shell and need to get a lot of dents fixed... it sux

JterrorC

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think about doing a 02 03 front end swap.... looks alot more aggressive i think

i figured...wannit to make sure

stRodda

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hahaha, thats the same thing i was thinking.


to OP,
kinda funny(not that it happened, but your question), that you flipped your car and hit trees, and your issue is bad camber.


like everyone else said, have a shop look at it. im assuming, by your avatar, that youre not lowered. even if a camber kit can fix the bad camber, i would suggest getting whatever is bent, replaced. dont sweep the problem under the rug with a kit.

99AcuraTL03

wasn't an extreme flip lol. i was going down a 2 lane road at about 50 and this guy in a small neighborhood on the right side ran the stop sign in his tundra and i was about 40 feet away. i slammed on my brakes and swerved into the ditch to miss him, car spun around went into the opposite ditch and flipped up onto its side

'02_TL-S

^ Damn, two-wheelin FTL!! Sux man, I woulda gotten out and chased that mofo on foot

TouringLow

it may be that your subframe is bent, that is what happened to me.

99AcuraTL03

no i checked the subframe and its all good
i would have if i could have gotten out in time. i was pissed, i went back to look for his truck and somehow it disappeared

JterrorC

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wow that really suks..u get exp points tho...

99AcuraTL03

whats exp points?

JterrorC

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in life...u learn from us mistakes....rite?...well u didnt mess up...but still...anyways...gl wit it...n post pics of the bruises