My E30 front camber problem..

[anakin]

Guys...my E30 M40 front camber is too much +ve (totally out of spec)..according to PO she never met an accident with the car (which I believed her), when I bought the car, it was very clear visually that the front wheel 'tilted' out...so I lower the car using H&R spring...still too much +ve, so much so that every tire shop that I went don't want to do alignment...could it be the strut bent? using wrong lower arm?
Any idea what to be done?

Now I'm thinking to get a new lower arm + bushes, buy a set of strut housing from chop chop (can I use M20 one with ventilated disc?)

Hopefully someone will chip in...

regards

 

[anakin]

Just browsed thru net and found out that E30 & E36 lower control arms are almost identical and interchangeable...so no wrong lower arm use here..

 

[anakin]

One popular method here is to "pump" the strut using jack...can it be use to our car?

 

[johnj]

it may be the strut housing collapse which need the chasis to be aligned

 

[johnj]

I have the problem with my car..now one side is slightly tilted after doing the chasis pumping

 

[slyder]

Chassis pumping might not be the best option. It's covering some other underlining issue. Might just be the joints or bushing wear

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[anakin]

Thanks Johnj & Slyder..just a bit to ponder, without heavy impact, the strut housing almost impossible to damage right? So, I narrow down the possibility to lower arm..try to change the arm & bushes first & see how..

 

[johnj]

mine all brand new remember..after years of usage there is posiblity of strut housing collapse..many e30's with the problem

 

[anakin]

After sometimes....the update, changed the lower arm bush + b8 + H&R spring....its good to go!