R50 Suspsnsion upgrade - camber issues

[gopies]

Hello all,

I recently had the pathy (R50 2001) upgraded to Bilstein struts/shocks and king springs to give me that little extra lift and take the load on the rear when heading off on those fishing trips of mine. What I found interesting was, after a full lock U-turn the 2 front wheels where cambered in at the bottom ( I could see daylight on the inside of the tyres ). Enough that my mate and I said some colourful words and became concerned. When I backed it up to take a photo the wheels straightened up. So watching my mate do another full lock U-turn the amount of camber I think is excessive. The guys who did the job claims its normal.
Anyway I took it to my local Bauerepairs and had it checked. The test results shows the camber is +0.44 ,told it should be -0.10 (this is normal not the excessive amount after a U-turn). I am being told by different people that:
-I need a camber kit
-I don't need a camber kit
-I need a shim kit
-I'm just paranoid

So I am wondering if anyone who has gone through a similar upgrade and weather a camber / shim kit was fitted.

BTW - I went up to the Barmah forest last weekend with the tinnie and all the camping gear, the car sat level for the first time and drove beautifly.

Cheers,
Matt

[NickJ]

Matt

my 2004 Pathy also looks a bit camberish with 40mm lifted Pedders springs. When I turn a wide corner on bitumen, the outside tyre squeals. I think you just need to keep the front end alignment good by having it checked every service or 10000km. Might sound a bit often but saves expensive tyres.

Nick

[bushman]

Take it to Pro-Axle or Pedders if you have one nearby and have Camber Bolts/Pins fitted it's the only way to correct camber

Most wheel alignment places will just any BS under sun.

[cwalkin]

You definetly require a camber kit.
I posted the part number here some where for the PEDDERS kit, Wasn't to expensive either.

[drazza]

With my Pedders lift they said I needed a camber kit as well, which they installed at the same time at a cost of $68.00 I think it was at the time.

[gopies]

All,

Thanks for the advice. I ended up taking it to Pedders and had a camber kit fitted. When they checked it all out I had a call from them saying that I also needed different bushes to get the adjustments right. Also after driving around for a few weeks without the kit the Cooper ATs started to look a little worse for wear (they weren’t far from replacement anyway). So I had a set of Goodrich TA/KOs fitted the day before Pedders got hold of it.

Right now I can't be any happier with the way she's cruising and taking to the bush (with a load). When I originally floated the plan to the wife the quote was around $1800 for an OME kit. Now its all done I have very little change from $4k (but she's not very happy).I reckon' its money well spent.

Cheers,
Matt