Hey everyone,

I bought my car in '04 (1st gen tC) and I lowered it about a week after I had it. I went to get an alignment last week because I noticed I had some uneven tire wear. The rear camber is at -2.0 degrees on the left and -2.3 degrees on the right. My buddy does my alignment work at Firestone and he is saying he can't adjust the rear camber. He and the alignment specialist in the shop are saying that they can't get the bolts to move and that I'll need to get a camber kit to be able to fix the negative alignment.

I've read on the forums doing a search that other people were able to have their camber fixed after lowering with the TRD springs using the stock parts on the car (i.e. no aftermarket camber adjustment parts). Does anyone have any idea why they can't fix it on mine? They're not trying to up-sell me because they don't even sell the parts they're recommending I get, so I don't think they're bing dishonest with me.

Any thoughts? I've already paid for my alignment there, so I don't want to take it to Scion and pay for another alignment, but I may have to. That's a last resort.

Help!

 

I don't know what to tell you because the shop i usually go to did mine no problem. They charged me an extra $20 because the car was lowered which was total BS, but they did do it.

 

I'm going to head up there to pick up my car in a minute. My buddy said he'd put it on the lift and pull the rear wheels and show me what he's talking about. I'll fill you in when I get back.

 

Ok, so I went to the shop and my buddy put the car on the lift and showed me what is going on. The bolt that you rotate to decrease camber is turned as far as it can go toward 0 degrees. It can't rotate any more because of the stop. What I'm wondering though, is that there is a lobe on both sides of the bolt. The lobe is hitting the stop on one side, and if I rotate it the other direction toward the other lobe, will that fix it.

I really don't want to have to purchase a camber kit considering other people were able to have their camber fixed w/o purchasing new parts.

 

I paid for a wheel alignment at Monro Muffler when I got my trd springs put on. It was fine and then it went right outta tune after 5k. I just gave in, took it back to Toyota today and it seems fine now.

 

pick up the hotchkis camber links. they will be able to adjust your camber.