Before winter i installed coilovers for my car (mazda speed3)
now that its getting warmer I can start driving my car.
I did get a alignment but did this fix my camber issue?
Or would I still need to buy camber arms?
thanks

Check the report that you should have gotten when you got your alignment. What does it say the camber is at?

I dont has anymore
since I got the aligment done this past winter

What was your "issue" before?

You lowered the car and you have excessive camber?



Depending on how low you are (and a lot of other things) you may have to add camber arms to return the suspension geometry to neutral.

If you don't want to do that, raise the car.

The alignment will only do so much, especially if you're really low, while using OEM suspension parts (aside from coilovers).


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This post was edited by OldAndyAndTheSea on Mar 13 2015 06:23pm

My car isnt slammed by any means
lowered maybe an 3/4 to 1 inch max

The issue isn't really an issue more of a concern so I don't wear out my tires more then needed.
I know lowering cars puts camber out of spec and was just curious if alignment alone fixed it or would I need to buy camber arms as well.
I am indeed using oem parts aside from the coilovers.
Thank you

I can't imagine that lowering the car that amount would have such a detrimental impact on your tires. However, every car is different. Typically 2 degrees, or so, of negative camber is acceptable for street applications. The alignment, most likely, did very little, if anything to your camber "issue".

But, I wouldn't worry too much about it, just keep an eye on your inner tire wear, and excessive tire heat in that area.

Getting camber arms would rectify any doubts you had though... Food for thought.

This post was edited by OldAndyAndTheSea on Mar 13 2015 07:32pm

this.

When I lowered my mustang (1.25 front / 1.5 back) it didn't make that big of a difference. I took it in for an alignment and told them to check the camber and they said I wasn't too far off where I should be. I imagine if you are lowered only an inch then you will probably not notice any significant difference. But it is your car and your money, if its that big of a concern to you by all means spend the money to get it fixed

Having only lowered it that much there should be enough "wiggle room" on your top strut mount to take a little negative camber back out of it and get where you need to be. I like -0.8° to -1.5° on the street when trying to maintain good tire wear. I'm running -1.2°/5.1 caster/0 toe right now in my T/A and it feels pretty good. It's lowered 2.5", maybe a bit more in the front with all stock suspension. The camber adjustment is maxed out to get it back to -1.2°. With the adjustment bolt in the stock position it has -3.5° of camber with that much of a drop. Since you only lowered yours and inch or less it shouldn't be very far out of spec. I can't stand shit that doesn't have a factory camber adjustment.

This post was edited by FMX_89 on Mar 13 2015 09:50pm

First off, lowering any car will make the camber more pronounced.

Did you actually have an tire wear issue related to camber before? That sheet you no longer have is your only guarantee of what your camber measurement is actually at.

You never stated whether or not you did the alignment before or after the coilover install. If you have factory adjustable camber links/arms/cam bolts, they should have gotten the camber measurement as close to spec as possible.
Be weary, most shops will hit you with the toe and go alignment. So although your car drives straight and all that, the rest of your alignment measurements are completely out of whack.

By the way, negative camber and tire wear come with lowering your car. Pay to play.

i lowered my car 2.5 inches and was able to pull my camber back in under 2 degrees without camber arms or the such u should be fine