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Old Feb 19, 2018 | 08:01 AM
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Tricks for more camber for the front wheels?

I took my car for an alignment and wanted about -2 degrees of camber up front but on one side they where only able to get -1 out of the passenger side with 2 camber bolts. What's the best way to get a bit more camber out of the front wheels with stock style struts?
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Old Feb 19, 2018 | 09:54 AM
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Did they try opening up the top strut bolt holes a bit. I had a 87 z24 that was lowered and it was a pain to get the alignment dialed in. Opened up the slots a bit and was able to get it.
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Old Feb 19, 2018 | 09:58 AM
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Did they try opening up the top strut bolt holes a bit. I had a 87 z24 that was lowered and it was a pain to get the alignment dialed in. Opened up the slots a bit and was able to get it.
No that is what I am trying to figure out what is fine to do and what is sketchy. I thought I had seen where people also slot the bottom strut holes. It would seem the top bump on the strut would not allow the strut to move very much even if I slotted the holes.
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Old Feb 19, 2018 | 10:22 AM
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I can't remember if we had to open the bottom 2 holes up. I don't think so. I think we kept them loose until the top was tightened down. I never had any problems holding alignment on the car. The following pictures show the drop. I will see if I have a picture of the top strut mounts.

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Old Feb 19, 2018 | 10:26 AM
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you can slot the three top strut holes, shouldnt need too much to get another degree out, but im not sure how the center bolt on the strut would fit doing this. I wonder if you can adapt camber plates to the stock struts...
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