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Old Jul 13, 2006 | 09:57 PM
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Crash bolts....how to tell if I got em??

Hi all, I picked the ride up from the stealer today and I'm as dissapointed in them as ever. One thing they did do is "claim" to put in the "crash" bolts for camber adjustment. My question is, how can I verify this? Is there one on both sides, or just one. What does it look like, etc. A "kit" was supposedly added to the car, but they refused to set the camber to negative, as it is not the target that they are supposed to hit, but he claimed that they added the bolts (under warranty, no less) since i insisted on them. There is NOTHING about them in the paperwork, which is OK, but I want to lower the car and get it aligned and want to make sure it is ready.
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Old Jul 14, 2006 | 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by jangy
Hi all, I picked the ride up from the stealer today and I'm as dissapointed in them as ever. One thing they did do is "claim" to put in the "crash" bolts for camber adjustment. My question is, how can I verify this? Is there one on both sides, or just one. What does it look like, etc. A "kit" was supposedly added to the car, but they refused to set the camber to negative, as it is not the target that they are supposed to hit, but he claimed that they added the bolts (under warranty, no less) since i insisted on them. There is NOTHING about them in the paperwork, which is OK, but I want to lower the car and get it aligned and want to make sure it is ready.
The bolt you are referring to is an oval/eccentric control arm bolt which, depending on how it is twisted in its seat, will change the final front wheel camber 1/4 deg one way or the other. ie. if your camber is -2.0 deg, you can make it -1.75deg or -2.25 deg. No more and no less. You will never see it once it is installed, as the bolt head and nut look normal, and the shaft is hidden.You can only tell by looking at your alignment figures, before and after.
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