Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior car feels stuffed...suspension issues

hey guys, i got a 1.25" lowering about 6 months ago and i have serious rear negative camber issues (as in my tires visibly titled in) and my ride feels heaps bumpy, so bumpy everything in my car is creaking cracking and rattling...

i was wondering if you any of you guys had similar problems after lowering... (or is it just my car?? )

and if you did.. what did you do about it? what mods did you do to fix the problem...!

thanks!! ^^

not sure about the camber issues...but the bumpy issue is normal.

when you lower your car, you obviously lowering your springs. lower spings = less give. you can't have the same stock give on a lowered spring or else your car would scrape the ground when you hit a bump. as a rule of thumb..the shorter your spring is, the more bumpy your ride will be because the less it can give.

yea you will have some negitive camber..thats normal...i wouldn't worry about it...u can get the hotchkis camber links if you want but from ur drop you shouldn't have any problems

can the camber problem get any worse???
like totally flip in one day?? hahahaha

lol no it won't get any worse

Actually, if you take it to an alignment shop, with only 1.25" of drop, they should be able to correct most of your negative camber with the stock camber plates. I have Tein S-Tech, with a 1.4" drop, and I had it aligned after installing the springs. I now have .5 degrees of negative camber. The guy at the shop told me he could have corrected it a little more, but that .5 degrees wouldn't hurt the tires too badly, and would give me a little more cornering traction for Wyoming's sh!tty a$$ streets. As far as the rattling goes... the only thing you can do is to go around your car, and make sure that every bolt is tight, and nothing is rubbing, or vibrating where it shouldn't be.

The factory negative camber is like -1.1 not -.5

Setting your camber closer to 0 than -1.1 will make your car sit taller.

If you're worried that your negative camber will wear your tires out unevenly, then get a 4 wheel computer alignment to 0 toe in the front and back. Toe is what eats tires worse than really bad neg. camber.

Actually, negative camber can be a good thing.

I am going to get a custom alignment with -1.4 to -1.5 degrees camber in the back and -1.75 to -1.80 in the front to eliminate my understeer.

That way when i turn the body roll of the car places the tires more flat onto the ground creating more traction and less pushing, I hope.

your theort is correct...and you will have better turning for the above reasons...but it will eat at the inner portion of your tires WAY faster.

It won't be as bad as you think. It's a good thing I have a set of racing tires and rims!

I recently put on the Eibach Sportlines, and my rear tires are visibly tilted inwards, so when you decide to get yours fixed, update on what you did.