Possible to adjust rear camber myself?

[ericweller]

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.

[MNBoxster]

Originally Posted by ericweller

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

[PorscheDoc]

Originally Posted by ericweller

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

Macgyver could pull it off......

[mjw930]

Originally Posted by PorscheDoc

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?????

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

[ericweller]

Thanks for the info guys- much appreciated.

[KRZTACO]

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

[insite]

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.