hey all,
just wondering, i have just put in my stanza struts and just wanted to know if when they bolt in if changing the postion of the strut top (3 Nuts on top) changes the camber of the wheel? (if that makes sense)
this is because my LHS (passenger side) front wheel looks tilted in more than the right...
hope yous can understand what i mean :P
Thanks
Tom

do you have adjustable camber plates?

if so changing the orientation of the top will change your castor more than anything..

have you taken it for a drive to let it all settle in?

nah they arent adjustable just dont know why they are so different. Just thought that because the tops can spin maybe it adjusted the camber.
can drive it for a while yet. it is far from complete :(

Did you change anything else except the struts e.g. Lower control arms, steering rods?

if theyre still oil filled inserts, it will take a bit for them to settle right in (taking it for a short drive will fix this)

might explain while your left side is different to your right, especially if you've been sitting in the driver seat pretending to drive it

changed to sunny contol arms and the ball joints and rest of stewering was just new 1200 part bought from craig

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i might have....

id agree with ange, struts probably havnt settled

just roll the car back and forth a bit

i have come to the conclusion the strut must have a slight bend in it. DAMMIT! well thats the only thing it could be. we tried rolling it around and bouncing the hell out of it and just dont wanna change :(

This might be a dumb question, but are they both Stanza struts. Are they a matching set.
Are you using gas or sealed oil inserts, if so did they slide into the tubes easily, or bind on the way in, if they did you may have a bent strut.
Scott