Mertin
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Noticed the ibiza had worn the inside edge on another set of tyres, after having the alignment set up a year ago. Nothing was mentioned at the MOT in March so maybe its been knocked out somehow as thought they wouldve picked up on the tyres then.
Anyway the toe was out and adjusted back in but front left has too much negative camber and cant be adjusted. -1.39 compared to -0.44 on the right. Car is lowered on AP coilovers and isnt that low. Is there anything like bushes etc that could affect this? Coilovers were fitted by myself over a year ago with new top mounts and bearings too. Iv uploaded some pictures of the printout below. Also, is that much negative camber going to have a big affect on tyre wear?
Before Measurements
After Measurements
Two Together
And the tyre
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broster
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Bottom arm bushes can cause this
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Mertin
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
Bottom arm bushes can cause this
Theres no other symptoms though. Been told it could have been when they changed the bushes, the subframe needs dropped and realigned or something similar. Cant remember exactly. Been told the camber isnt too severe, is this right?
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sand-eel
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Camber isn't actually that bad, I would say the right need more as 0.5 is nothing.
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antnee
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There is a tiny bit of movement in the consoles, but nothing major.
Get some Cupra bushes http://www.awesome-gti.co.uk/product.php?xProd=13776&xSec=344
These will help a bit, the standard ones have voids in and are crap so fall apart.
Edit, lower bushes in this pic are the comparison between standard and Cupra
(damage to the outter part is from removal)
[Edited on 01-08-2011 by antnee]
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AshWatson
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my mates ibiza (same shape as yours mertin btw) was wearing tyres strangely and when it went into seat for some warrenty work they did a health check and found the bushes shot and as mentioned by antee they replaced them under warrenty with cupra bushes free of charge as they said it was the best way to cure the bushes constantly splitting causing knocking tyre wear etc,as u can imagine my mate was pretty chuffed 
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Mertin
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My bushes were replaced about 18months to 2 years ago under warranty. This was before I knew about the cupra bushes being better so they were just replaced with standard ones as far as im aware
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AshWatson
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quote:
Originally posted by Mertin
My bushes were replaced about 18months to 2 years ago under warranty. This was before I knew about the cupra bushes being better so they were just replaced with standard ones as far as im aware
oh right, but still his car wasnt a cupra so the seat garage are saying its the 100% fix for the bushes as the normal ones are shite, when checking them they dont look split you have to prise the arm and it moves/seperates out from the bush as on ibiza doesnt the arm sit in the bush in a u bracket sorta thing ? hard to explain lol
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antnee
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My dad's Fabia had the bushes replaced under warrenty when it went in for a service one. Easy way to see if the bushes are knackered, is to stand on a spoke of the front wheel and jump up and down, if the wheel moves a lot, bushes need changing.
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Mertin
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Il give them a check tomorrow and see what the state of play is, could easily of gone again if it was standard ones fitted under warranty
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