Lowered trucks affecting front camber?
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From: Florissant MO, US
Lowered trucks affecting front camber?
I knwo a lot of you guys have dropped your trucks. Mine comes from the factory dropped 3 in front and 2 in the rear.My left camber is -1.24 degrees and the right camber is at -1.13 degrees. Factory specifications for a normal 98-99 f150 are -.30 degrees on both sides. Theres no uneven wear at 50,000 miles so far. Is this a problem or normal. Let me know what ya think.
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1998 F150 Nascar Edition
RC, 4.6L, 3.73
Performance Mods ... Superchip, Flowmaster 40 True Dual Side Exhaust
Stereo Upgrades...
Sony CDXC7000X Headunit
4 Boston Rally RX87 5X7's
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1998 F150 Nascar Edition
RC, 4.6L, 3.73
Performance Mods ... Superchip, Flowmaster 40 True Dual Side Exhaust
Stereo Upgrades...
Sony CDXC7000X Headunit
4 Boston Rally RX87 5X7's
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From: Proctorville, Ohio
Nastruck,
One of my fellow L buddys just lowered his L without an alignment. He stopped by my house to show it to me and I asked him if he noticed the horrible negative camber on the front wheels. He said they aligned it. I said they didn't, they couldn't have, it was so badly off. I even pointed out the stock camber shims w/o the eccentric bolts. He couldn't believe it, and his brand-new tires with 50 miles were showing signs of scrubbing. He got screwed.
You, on the other hand, sound ok. If you have 50k miles and everything looks fine in the tire wear dept., I wouldn't fool with it if it handles ok as well. Forget the specs in the manuals - they are simply a guideline for the alignment guys. If it's handling fine and isn't wearing the tires, leave it alone. If you get it aligned by a "professional" person, you may hate it and be chasing the perfect setup you already have.
Plus, you don't have a "normal" F-150, and it sounds like the factory took that into account. Leave it alone IMHO.
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Jim
Black '00
#1,757 built 3/30/00
Clear corners
JDM street program
JDM 2# blower pulley (ordered)
J.L. Stage II ram-air
FRPP Oval throttle body
90mm MAF
MagnaFlow Exhaust
One of my fellow L buddys just lowered his L without an alignment. He stopped by my house to show it to me and I asked him if he noticed the horrible negative camber on the front wheels. He said they aligned it. I said they didn't, they couldn't have, it was so badly off. I even pointed out the stock camber shims w/o the eccentric bolts. He couldn't believe it, and his brand-new tires with 50 miles were showing signs of scrubbing. He got screwed.
You, on the other hand, sound ok. If you have 50k miles and everything looks fine in the tire wear dept., I wouldn't fool with it if it handles ok as well. Forget the specs in the manuals - they are simply a guideline for the alignment guys. If it's handling fine and isn't wearing the tires, leave it alone. If you get it aligned by a "professional" person, you may hate it and be chasing the perfect setup you already have.
Plus, you don't have a "normal" F-150, and it sounds like the factory took that into account. Leave it alone IMHO.
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Jim
Black '00
#1,757 built 3/30/00
Clear corners
JDM street program
JDM 2# blower pulley (ordered)
J.L. Stage II ram-air
FRPP Oval throttle body
90mm MAF
MagnaFlow Exhaust