Omega Owners Forum
Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Magwheels on 19 March 2014, 21:29:18
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Today I tried to set the front camber at -1.10 or thereabouts and found it would not quite get there and I got to around -1.15 (gauge didn't seem very accurate!) in an effort to get the camber figure lower without filing/grinding I was thinking of using these "5.81250K EIBACH Front Camber Bolts Vauxhall Omega 87-03". Has anybody used these and if so are they worth getting? The cost of these delivered (£21.95) and is a lot less than the cost of front tyres so at first glance they seems well worth the cost and effort involved.
On a different note I have been in contact with a company that produces egr valve blanking kits and eml cheaters (so the light doesn't come on) and although a kit is not available at present for the Omega 2.2 dti they hope to have one listed on fleabay by the end of the month (or thereabouts) so that may well be worth looking into to help us keep some of the crud out of the inlet manifold on one of these.
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I think gauge must be faulty if 1'10 not achievable :-\
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You may be right as it was one of the older spirit level type camber gauges although it is a proper workshop piece of kit as it is part of a full (although old fashioned) 4 wheel geo kit. I adjusted the knuckle all the way out and it still would not come down to -1.10 even with a bit of levering so I left it at -1.15 (which was a lot better than before!) and did the tracking. The car does feel a lot more planted on the road now and is perfectly drivable but I just don't fancy forking out for 17" front tyres to often if I can help it. My old 2.5td estate used to wear out the inner edge of the front tyres really quickly until I messed with the geo on the front end but that was sorted by trial and error as there were no "tweaked" specs available to give any data to start from.
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bit of a stupid question but can u set the camber on the rear? lowered my car on 30mm astra springs, changing the rear tyres every 2 months. :D
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bit of a stupid question but can u set the camber on the rear? lowered my car on 30mm astra springs, changing the rear tyres every 2 months. :D
That sounds about right with that drop tbh...
Only adjustment at the rear does camber and toe combined, so always a compromise :-\
But if you want to save the rear tyres then no more than 20mm drop :y