Possible to adjust rear camber myself?
 

Hi,
I've got a 2002 986 with too much negative camber on the right rear. I found this out after removing the rear wheel to do some thorough cleaning. The inner portion of the tire was down to the threads and belt! I replaced the rear tires with Pilot Sport PS2s Thursday, but can't get in to my Porsche shop for an alignment before next week. Problem is...autoX on Saturday. I don't want to miss it, but I don't want to chew up my PS2s.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
E

PS the only tools I have are a pair of pliers, toenail clippers and a butter knife.

Hi,

Nope, leave it to the pros. Also, take care on new non-scrubbed tires on the Auto-X, the fun goes out of it pretty quick if you're bending sheetmetal...

Happy Motoring!... Jim'99

Macgyver could pull it off...... :)

All we need is a magnetic level (or a regular level and some duct tape) and some string. Where did I put that extra roll of duct tape and chalk????? :D

Seriously, leave it to the pro's. Find a shop before the autocross, your wallet will thank you.

Thanks for the info guys- much appreciated.

Is your car lowered or stock height?

The reason I ask is that if it's stock, then the shop will be able to align it, no problem...if your lowered than it could be costly to get to an OEM camber. I am lowered 30mm with some coil-overs and the oly way to get my rear negative camber back to OEM limits is to purchase new and very expesive longer custom toe links. I think the set of 4 runs around $1,500 then another alignment and corner balance which brings the grand total of around $2,000 at least. I decided to save the couple grand and apply the dollars saved to additional tire rotations of actually swapping the tire to the other side every 15,000 miles or so.

KRZ

keep in mind, though, that the euro spec camber for the RoW heights are more aggressive, so the OEM settings can be -1.9 or so and still be within tolerance if your car is lowered.