JZZ30 Rear Camber Issue

[Sciflyer]

Ben isnt that the company you were trying to deal with?

[Ben12a]

I have emailed both TM engineering and MVP motorsports. Dusty (cant remember from which shop) was going to send me a set when they came in, but after a couple of weeks simply stopped returning my emails. I also tried contacting the Lexus dealerships listed on the Daizen website with no results. Seems they don't need the sales to our pesky little nation.

And that was when the dollar sucked, and the economy was going down the toilet. Now that it is OK, I'd buy a set of fronts for the track car to get the extra camber I need, and a set of rears for thr road car to get rid of the camber I don' t need.

If some one want to contact them again, then count me in for a set. They were about $250 AUD landed in Aust from memory.

[Ben12a]

Sorry, Trent, I missed your post. This is a link to the Soarer central website, but the specs are the same in the workshop manual.

http://soarercentral.com/sc-forum/me...tml?1099557430

[Sciflyer]

Ah shit Ben, looks like still no luck

Hi Phil,


I have not had any of the 800-CC250 (offset bushes) in a year. I have no confidence when or even IF I will ever see them again.


I am happy to deliver 800-CA300, but do not want to take an order for the 800-CC250 at this time. My apologies for this.

[Ben12a]

Explains why I never got mine (I put an order in via online shop, but the card was never debited). That was about a year ago, too.

[manny]

Have you guys checked the condition of the rear upper arms? The bearing type bushes in the arms do wear and collapse which will exaggerate the rear camber - next time you have the rear jacked up, run a pry bar between the upper arm and crossmember mount points and see what the horizontal movement is like.

[Trent-KE30]

Ah sweet thanks manny!, Its going in on friday to have the ass examined, so hopefully they'll let me know!

[Ben12a]

I had pedders do one of their free safety checks a while back, and I specifically asked them to look at the control arm bushes so I knew what needed replacing. They reckoned it was all good. I assume the free safety checks are a means of generating business, so I was suprised nothing came of it.

That said, I once watched in silent agony as a ham fisted "alignment technitian" aligned my track car. After 20 minutes of watching him swing a spanner (in arcs no less than 180deg) telling me they normally only get the car to 'within spec' (which had one wheel toe in and one whel toe out!) I asked if I could have a go. Needless to say I now do my own alignments at home on skid plates made from two bits of steel and some grease.

Maybe I'll have to check myself...

[Trent-KE30]

Hey guys, well old mate the the wheel alignment place said that the back as at around -2.5 neg camber he said all he could get out of it was 0.9, which he reckons won't scrub them out as fast, but advised me to bring it back after 5000kms

this is how low it sits, does anybody think its lowered? the springs look like STD black ones.



Cheers Guys

[ecko]

lol thats def not lowered probly just worn bushes causeing it, the aftermarket wheels may have a bit of a effect on it too

[Sciflyer]

If you have issues with negative camber at that ride height there is definately something wrong

[Trent-KE30]

Hmm might replace all the bushes in the ass end of it then, i have just recently got some pedders low springs so I'd like to know if i could get the same adjustment when i lower it with new bushes,

Whats the bush I go for? Genuine? or is there a good aftermarket equivalant?

Oh and BTW its got 275/30/19's on the back

Thanks ecko and Sci!

[ecko]

go aftermarket bushes but expect a slightly harsher ride,
sell the pedders and buy some supra standard bilsteins with supra springs that'll lower it a fair bit

[Trent-KE30]

Ah cool, Ive got TEMS tho, but i dont think it works all that great lol

[Sciflyer]

The TEMS usually works fine as long as your shockies arent rooted (which is often the case on a 15+yo Soarer

It should stiffen the ride up a bit, if it does and the handling is not sloppy i personally wouldnt replace them with non-TEMS shockies but if its boaty and you notice a lot of dive/pitch when you brake and accelerate then chances are theyre past their best and you would be as well replacing them while your putting new springs in