Has anyone fitted the shim kit ? reason I ask is I took the car into tyre firm to find out how far out the camber was and it was pretty even on both sides, too much positive camber. Fitted 2mm shims both sides, took car back to be checked/ tracking adjust and the camber was spot on for the left but a mile out on the right again too much positive camber. luckily they are a good bunch of lads and they don't charge for just checking so after a bit of banter they suggested taking the shim out of the right hand side, has anyone else had this problem with the shim kits ?

Has anyone fitted the shim kit ? reason I ask is I took the car into tyre firm to find out how far out the camber was and it was pretty even on both sides, too much positive camber. Fitted 2mm shims both sides, took car back to be checked/ tracking adjust and the camber was spot on for the left but a mile out on the right again too much positive camber. luckily they are a good bunch of lads and they don't charge for just checking so after a bit of banter they suggested taking the shim out of the right hand side, has anyone else had this problem with the shim kits ?

 

it all depends on how much wear there is on the upper links, in an ideal world the ajustable upper arms are better and a lot less hassle to ajust/fit but are the best part of £200

 

i would imagine one side is more worn than the other, hence the camber issue

Yes agree the adjustable arms do look the best way to go on the camber probs, beginning to regret trying to skimp and going for the cheap option.

Are you sure you dont mean too much negative camber? Usually you need the shims to make it less negative. The upper link bushes are replaceable if worn. Same Nismo parts fit Skyline. Cost me about £160 a few years back for the 8 bushes.

Yes sorry you are right it is too much neg camber, going to remove the right hand shims then hopefully this will put the camber right, don't want to knock the shim kits but I feel the adjustable arms are poss the best bet.

Does anyone know how much new upper links cost?

Checkout http://www.zcentre.co.uk. Got my adjustable upper links from there for about £210. If you get them shove loads of greese (Castrol LM is good) in the removable cap things at the end.

you could always just replace the sagging front coil springs which is the reason most zeds get negative camber in the first place.

you could always just replace the sagging front coil springs which is the reason most zeds get negative camber in the first place.

 

^^^ Spot on. If your on std suspension, then your springs are sagging, your shocks will almost definatly be shot too....and unfortunatly its the same story with most zeds out there still on there original suspension.

Don't do enough miles to warrant going to the expense of changing the springs/shockers also they look O.K. ride hight O.K. and no leaks. Having slept on it I can't understand how adding shims would increase the negative camber as they should decrease the negative camber or am I missing something ? tempted to take the car back without doing anything and see what readings they come up with! Sometimes get the feeling when these places see a car like this it completely thows them and they don't really have a clue, They didn't seem to know about adjusting the rear camber and tracking.

I think you could be right as the rears are adjustable for both canber and tracking!