Rear Camber

[BL33SU]

do our VW's camber in at the rear the more you lower it?

wen you lower a bmw or commodore, the rears camber in so it doesnt hit the rim. does our VAG cars do the same??

[The_Hawk]

Only if you have IRS. The old Type III did, as do most aircooled vehicles. AFAIK the Golf range does not. Passats... well I'm not sure.

[BL33SU]

Only if you have IRS. The old Type III did, as do most aircooled vehicles. AFAIK the Golf range does not. Passats... well I'm not sure.

kool thanks.. how do you know if it has IRS or not.. is there something i should look for?

[99gti]

I'm pretty sure the audi A4's do - so i presume the passats do but don't quote me on that.

[rayray086]

I know cars using a rear axle beam don't cause more negative camber as you lower the car, but it will make the wheels sit further towards the front due to the action of the beam (is that positive or negative castor?). However, if you want to generate camber, you can use camber shims. They bolt up between the stub axle and axle beam.



It's unnoticeable in the picture but in extreme cases, you can physically see that the bottom of the shim is thicker than the top, thus allowing your tyres to sit on an angle. Purely for racing or show-only purposes as you can imagine.

[Water Boy]

Oh yeah camber shims... I think i may have ordered some of those

[Bubu]

One of my mates has a 97' Audi A4 which has been lowered around 2' or so and I have not noticed any neg camber on his car.

[gpk_gti]

I dont understand you ray,you keep trying to do things to a passat that will either make it look like a beemer or a skyline. my suggestion is sell the car and buy somehing you really want.much cheaper in the long run.

[SoVeReIgN]

do our VW's camber in at the rear the more you lower it?

wen you lower a bmw or commodore, the rears camber in so it doesnt hit the rim. does our VAG cars do the same??

lol you make it sound like a feature but it's really a BAD thing - Will wear through your tyres like you wouldn't believe and cause the car to handle like ****.

[gldgti]

IT ALL DEPENDS....

cars like commodores with IRS end up with lots of neg on the rear when they are low because of the angle that the rear wishbones rotate through to get to that position.... its not by design that the tops of the wheels end up with more clearance. generally anyone who does this on a commodore then eventually gets a camber kit put in so that they have less neg.

im infamiliar with the passat rear suspension (on the new passats atleast) but i trailing arm golf suspension allows little change in alignment with ride height, which is nice.

i would suspect that like bmw's and audis with IRS, there is much less transition to neg camber on th rear than the notorious commodore.