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18degrees · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2023 3:42 pm Post subject: Next Gen Camaro question

So i have been slowly plugging away at a Salvinos Camaro for a while now, and came across a problem.

Lemme preface this with i have been following the instructions very closely, making sure that the left side suspension parts are on the left side and the right side parts were separated.

I have the passenger side suspension glued in place and when i line up the part where the brake and wheel mount to, it tilts in severely at the top. I haven’t glued it in place yet, just the upper and lower arms and i guess what would be the steering gear that goes perpendicular to the front of the engine cage.

The upper and lower arms look to be lined up evenly.

I’m baffled at this point. Any guidance would be appreciated.
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jaws1972 · Joined: 25 Feb 2022 Posts: 54

I would say majority of mine are like that too. I've tried removing lower ball joint, still not fully vertical. I put my tires on, level car with thick cardboard or pennies, & hope for the best.

18degrees · Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2023 11:17 pm Post subject:

Anyone else have any input or thoughts?
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hillybilly · Joined: 14 Mar 2018 Posts: 31

Haven't got that far in building one yet. Maybe in a week or two, but is it maybe that they modeled the correct camber? Usually the passenger side has a large amount of negative camber and the driver's side positive.

hurricane21 · Joined: 05 Feb 2018 Posts: 211 Location: Fayetteville NC

I've noticed the same thing on every Next Gen I've built (6 I think). I take my exacto knife and carefully make the wheel's lug hole a little bigger. This allows me to manipulate the tire/wheel when I put it on so its straight and not leaning in at the top.

martinfan · Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 270

Its camber , it supposed to be that way, I think it might be bit too much though, I adjusted it on the ones I built too.

MarkJ · Joined: 29 Jan 2018 Posts: 1304

Make sure the control arms are not upside down. you can actually install them upside down and it will create all kinds of problems. I had trouble with this on the rear suspension and if you do it wrong the tire will mount to far back in the fender opening and you won't be able to install the half shafts to the rear end. Just keep trying every way possible until it fits correctly.