Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 12y 2m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 21/11/13 12:38 PM Share Posted 21/11/13 12:38 PM I think rear will be fine, it's the front I'm worried about. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92946-fg-offsets-and-tyre-questions/page/231/#findComment-1441664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr33r Donating Members 92 Member For: 12y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Riverina NSW Posted 21/11/13 12:44 PM Share Posted 21/11/13 12:44 PM The front will be ok, the relationship between the arm and the wheel does not change when the spring is changed. The whole assembly will lean in a bit.This is my 20x9 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92946-fg-offsets-and-tyre-questions/page/231/#findComment-1441666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kerb Warrior Donating Members 612 Member For: 12y 7m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 21/11/13 02:51 PM Share Posted 21/11/13 02:51 PM While talking about camber I might jump in if possible. My car currently has 2.5 degrees of negative camber, and im told you can get a pack for about 400 bucks installed that will straighten it up properly (that's from a tire place, and unfortunately tyres/camber isn't my forte). Is that about right or? At the moment I'm ripping through achilles ATR sports, and before I put my 275 invos on I want the camber sorted. It was just wearing the inside of the tyre away, and over a trip from karratha to perth I lost 3 tyres in the same way, inside of each tyre just ripped away half way around the whole tyre. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92946-fg-offsets-and-tyre-questions/page/231/#findComment-1441680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vixenf6 Member 84 Member For: 11y 7m 20d Gender: Male Posted 21/11/13 06:49 PM Share Posted 21/11/13 06:49 PM While talking about camber I might jump in if possible. My car currently has 2.5 degrees of negative camber, and im told you can get a pack for about 400 bucks installed that will straighten it up properly (that's from a tire place, and unfortunately tyres/camber isn't my forte). Is that about right or? At the moment I'm ripping through achilles ATR sports, and before I put my 275 invos on I want the camber sorted. It was just wearing the inside of the tyre away, and over a trip from karratha to perth I lost 3 tyres in the same way, inside of each tyre just ripped away half way around the whole tyre.What model do you have .. They are talking about a camber kit, it adds shims to correct your camber issue therefore you will have better contact of the tyre surface and not the inside edge. If you have a FG you don't need the kit as it able to accomodate extra shims if it's a BA-BF you will need the kit. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92946-fg-offsets-and-tyre-questions/page/231/#findComment-1441685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 12y 2m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 21/11/13 08:53 PM Share Posted 21/11/13 08:53 PM The front will be ok, the relationship between the arm and the wheel does not change when the spring is changed. The whole assembly will lean in a bit.This is my 20x9Excellent that's what I was hoping. Cheers mate Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92946-fg-offsets-and-tyre-questions/page/231/#findComment-1441708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kerb Warrior Donating Members 612 Member For: 12y 7m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 22/11/13 02:00 AM Share Posted 22/11/13 02:00 AM VixenF6 - It is an FG, but I was told I needed a camber kit with extra shims to allow for that. So, if I don't need to the kit, how can I change it? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92946-fg-offsets-and-tyre-questions/page/231/#findComment-1441759 Share on other sites More sharing options...
XtRmn8 570Nm @1800rpm Donating Members 2,441 Member For: 21y 7m 11d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 22/11/13 02:27 AM Share Posted 22/11/13 02:27 AM As mentioned before the upper control arm studs on the FG are long enough for shims to be added to adjust the camber.Camber kits basically come with longer studs and some shims and they are a rip-off. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92946-fg-offsets-and-tyre-questions/page/231/#findComment-1441766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
fr33r Donating Members 92 Member For: 12y 8m 13d Gender: Male Location: Riverina NSW Posted 22/11/13 03:47 AM Share Posted 22/11/13 03:47 AM As above, the std camber bracket bolts are only long enough to take out engineering tolerances from production. Some cars will get away with shims only at 2SL, 3SL if you are really lucky. Mine was not even close at 3SL. I have a set of std brackets that I can weld in longer bolts (as I did to mine), made up a little jig to do it right. I was thinking of putting them up in the classifieds on a changeover basis.... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92946-fg-offsets-and-tyre-questions/page/231/#findComment-1441778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ello678 Member 38 Member For: 13y 2m 11d Posted 22/11/13 05:33 AM Share Posted 22/11/13 05:33 AM Ive got kings SSLs and took it to jax for a wheel alignment, they said they couldn't put in any shims because the bolts weren't long enough. I had a look and I rekon they could've fit 1 in but maybe they were playing it safe. Ive just left the camber at -1.5 at the front and ill just keep an eye on tyre wear. Sent from my GT-I9300T using Tapatalk Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92946-fg-offsets-and-tyre-questions/page/231/#findComment-1441801 Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kerb Warrior Donating Members 612 Member For: 12y 7m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth, Western Australia Posted 22/11/13 09:22 AM Share Posted 22/11/13 09:22 AM Ok, so does that mean I don't need a kit, I just need shims? Sorry I'm still a little confused. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92946-fg-offsets-and-tyre-questions/page/231/#findComment-1441839 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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