Muncie Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 Got front down on my triumph now new bushes added a sway bar Awesome. Now i've headed down to the back end its going down 60mm lower on heavy duty custom made coils with new shocks to hold springs in place. after dropping springs out and dummying up on trolly jack i have at least 3-4 degrees of tyre killing camber i see plenty of guys on here have dropped trumpys lower did anyone find a fix that can be made in the comfort of the average mans garage? I've got a couple of ideas to try but be good to skip straight to a proven cure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UTERUS Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 A cheap supply of tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 haha pretty much. unless you do somethign drastic like lifting the rear arms mounting points or something, I think youre stck with it. I didnt find any easy fixes.. its the toe in that kills the tyres, you can get rid of some of it using shims on the trailing arm mounts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 yeah the rear arms on these are horride. no doubt it can be fixed. but not easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker_Sam. Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I found that my one didn't really wear the tyres that badly. My solution was fit air shocks. On long trips i.e Nelson to Chch I'd pump them up a bit so the camber & toe wasn't so bad. But if I was just cruising around town Id have them let down... for max lowness. You could possibly make some shims up were the rear hubs bolt on?? Might just be easier to fit cheap tyres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I havent found any solutions either, mine has the air shocks aswell that i pump up when i put in heavy loads or go on long journeys. Theres isnt a easy way around it, just cheap tyres really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 I found that my one didn't really wear the tyres that badly. My solution was fit air shocks. On long trips i.e Nelson to Chch I'd pump them up a bit so the camber & toe wasn't so bad. But if I was just cruising around town Id have them let down... for max lowness. You could possibly make some shims up were the rear hubs bolt on?? Might just be easier to fit cheap tyres. Air shocks work well. I have had them on all my trumps. You can't do much to alter the camber, like spacing out the outer mounts to body etc, without starting to induce a shift to positive camber when the car rails through a bend at high speed.... Itll then get very loose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncie Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 Have found de cambering shackles for a TR6 that can take 3 degrees out but they are pricey and come from england but are fully adjustable. wanting to run some 14" 235's on back so excess camber will make short work of those. anyone keen on some flash shackles? might be able to get a bulk deal on a few sets haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 How pricey are these shackles that you found? i might be keen depending on how excessive they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncie Posted October 24, 2012 Author Share Posted October 24, 2012 http://www.moss-europe.co.uk/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=8860 150 gb pound roughly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slacker_Sam. Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 are you sure you'll get 235s under the rear guards? I had 195-60-14s on mine and you couldn't even fit your fingers between the guard & the tyre.Then I ran 195-55-15s (although they were on 9" wide rims haha) for about 2 days, I rolled the lips up on the guards & there was about 1-2mm clearance then under heavy acceleration / load they would rub on the Actual guard tubs. That got old very fast. Went back to the 14s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10Speed Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 camber is cool... isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncie Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 are you sure you'll get 235s under the rear guards? I had 195-60-14s on mine and you couldn't even fit your fingers between the guard & the tyre.Then I ran 195-55-15s (although they were on 9" wide rims haha) for about 2 days, I rolled the lips up on the guards & there was about 1-2mm clearance then under heavy acceleration / load they would rub on the Actual guard tubs. That got old very fast. Went back to the 14s. have run 245 50 14 eagers al round on one before on widened r30 skyline rims no guard mods or rubbing but yeah bees dick clearance on back between guards and shocks.front was pretty good though surprisingly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shandawg Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 The Toyo Proxes 4's on my 1600 lasted 3 years with an SR up front, unless you're doing skids or the toe is really bad you should still get ok tyre wear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 liek I said above, the toe in is the killer. I wore through a set of tyres in about 6 months on my triumph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted October 25, 2012 Share Posted October 25, 2012 those mounts look easy enough to make Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncie Posted October 25, 2012 Author Share Posted October 25, 2012 those mounts look easy enough to make They do aye but i really am lazy. tough decision think i could possibly make them if they wont work. emailed moss for more info and whether they'll definately fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muncie Posted October 28, 2012 Author Share Posted October 28, 2012 Found my solution half the price of the moss kit. about 170 bucks landed in nz doubt i could be assed making it for that money http://www.goodparts...p?categoryID=13 Uploaded with ImageShack.us 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Does that kit do all four wheels or two? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KKtrips Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Just the rear wheels.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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