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Old 01-27-2011, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by dlbehrns
the part number I have and purchased is A 00 330 0018. The washers are thick and not anything like what Mel has pictured. Anybody have a complete part #? I'm not finding anything with just 202 330 0118. All I get when googled is telephone #s. lol.
Worked for me.

http://www.parts.com/oemcatalog/inde...archCatalogOEM

Used 202 330 0118 and the part came up.

I don't know if there's a difference between 000 330 0018 or anything, but I've called up two sources and both said that the 202 number is the correct one for 208s.
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Originally Posted by Ghostrider@P1 Performance
Do you still have excessive negative camber in the front?
Before I had -4 camber in front due massive lowering.
After I installed the camber bolts, I adjusted them at the max and ended with -2,5 camber each side. If i want to dial out more, I will modify the control arm attachment. Not a big job for me.
Personally I like this mild -2,5 camber look and I´m keeping it as it is right now.
The aligment chop guy fiddled with toe or smthing... and now I dont have this annoying inner tire wear anymore.
At the back I have custom made adjustable camber arms, and they do the trick perfectly.

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how many bolts for the FRONT CONTROL ARM for EACH SIDE?

Hi everyone. I've read all the posts and did the 'search' and information seems to be all over the place.

When doing ONLY the front lower control arms, do you need 1 camber bolt per side? And if so, does it go on the 'rear bolt of the front lower control arm' or the 'front bolt of the front lower control arm' (by front, meaning the bolt closest to the front of the car). See pic.

And from one post I've read, the bolt should be facing the front of the car. Thanks for any help you can provide.
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Originally Posted by funky102
Hi everyone. I've read all the posts and did the 'search' and information seems to be all over the place.

When doing ONLY the front lower control arms, do you need 1 camber bolt per side? And if so, does it go on the 'rear bolt of the front lower control arm' or the 'front bolt of the front lower control arm' (by front, meaning the bolt closest to the front of the car). See pic.

And from one post I've read, the bolt should be facing the front of the car. Thanks for any help you can provide.
HI Funky

You will need two bolts for each arm. If you only replace the back of the arm or front, you will be adjusting the toe-on and toe-out.

The bolts should therefore be changed as a pair for each side, one top when doing this is to use a 'ratchet-strap' to pull the arms in, this will make lining up the bolts holes much easier.

When you put the bolts in they go in from the front to the back (nut towards rear). The groove in your new cambre bolts fit into the grove in the cars chasis bolt hole and this action allows the arm to move inwards at the bottom thus reducing your negative cambre by up to 3 degress. The washer that is supplied also has a grove notch that is raised and this fits into the notch similar to the bolts.

Hope you understand, its not tricky once you see it.
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Thanks! It does need 2 bolts per side and I just brought it in the shop to do it. And 2 bolts per side does adjust only by 0.3 degrees.

The issue I'm having now is, based on the alignment specs from 3 years ago, I went from -1.2 to -1.4 (which is still within range so I'm ok with that) for the left wheel, and from -2.4 to -2.1 for the right wheel.

I don't mind the left wheel too much as its within range but I want the right wheel to be fixed. Is there any reason why the right wheel is so much different from the left wheel? Could it be the bushings have gone bad? Maybe the spring pad is not on correctly on the right side?

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