Rear camber setting.

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foxie389
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Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:15 am

Hi I'm looking for the factory camber setting for the rear suspension on a 89 325 .the springs are standard ,but it does have updated beam and wishbone bushes .thanks
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Thu Jun 07, 2012 11:03 am

you cannot actually set or adjust the camber on a standard E30, the only way is to fit eccentric bushes/adjuster tabs on the inner and/or outer traling arm bushing and this can give a little amount of movement for camber.

as the E30 uses a trailing arm, and due to the abgle of the fixings the wheel adds camber as it travels upwards toward the wheel well.

for info i have lowered my car on coilovers by 30ish mm and the rear camber is now exactly 2degrees with passengers in front seat. so on standard springs with no wieght in the rear it would be less than that.
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Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:18 pm

Sorry question not clear ,I won't to no factory setting as I believe I have a bent rear arm it's showing 2 degrees negative camber where other side is just over 1 degrees.as there are tolerances in production , I wanted to no factory settings ie 1-1.5 degrees
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