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Originally Posted by TurnAround
Wow. This is amazing. I had no idea the rear camber could be adjusted. When you say, "To reduce camber", do you mean, reduce negative camber, correct? Negative camber is where the top of the wheel/tire tilts in towards the car. You are offering a procedure to lessen that tilt in, right?
I'd like to reduce is just slightly. You want some otherwise your X won't handle like a BMW. Most folks don't utilize all of the negative camber, as you'd have to be taking 50mph corners at 105 mph for it to mean the difference between staying glued to the road and oversteering. But these cars have so much understeer dialed into them, you'll never hit that point anyways. Cutting the negative camber in back to half of what it is would still leave you with a very glued to the road X.
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Book figures for rear camber (all models are the same) are -1 degrees 50 minutes, +/- 20 minutes, with max' difference side to side of 30 minutes.
So, if your rear camber was -2 degrees 10 minutes (and wearing out your tyres), you can actually take it all of the way back to -1 degree 30 minutes, no problems. Biggest problem is, that you will not really know where the camber will end up if you do it yourself. The most precise way to change the camber is to have a wheel alignment done, and ask them to adjust the camber so that the rear wheels are more upright. You should be able to ask for an alignment printout and compare before and after adjustments.
Colin.