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[lukepinfield]

I'm debating fitting a negative camber kit to my mini after seeing it on a friends car :S here's a picture of my car  IMG_20110511_00042.jpg   423.87K   47 downloads
what do people think??

[1977 Loud_Mini]

I would definately say go for it, looks great in my opinion.
One thing i'd say is to either possible slightly space the wheels out or get some wider ones because when the camber is added they will get hidden in the arches (as the top will be further in), also get a full geometry setup after installing or atleast tracking, longer track rod ends may be an option here as i went with some extended ones from Minispares.

Evan.

[lukepinfield]

Yeah cheers man they are pretty chunky and do fit just in the arches, but would need to be push them out i admit, can you put spacers on the front?? i have spaced drums on the back

[1977 Loud_Mini]

What size are your wheels, width? If your running drums then you can add superfins to give the 1" extra width over standard drums, or if you have disks then i can't see why a spacer upto possibly 1" would do any harm if all your suspension components etc are in good nick. Depends on the amount of camber you want to how much the wheel will alter at the top. I run 1.5 degrees negative camber on my mini.

Evan.

[lukepinfield]

they're 12x6 minators, hmm ok then, my freinds was 1.5 too and i liked it would you say it made a difference to handling?? oh and by the way nice mini man

[Bungle]

1.5 arms take off 1.5 from what ever you have already they don't give 1.5 degrees of negative camber

get your minis suspension measured up so you know where your starting from

[mike.]

As above, if whatever you have your car measured now, you'll be able to work out whether 1.5 arms would be suitable; and if not you can fit adjustable arms to get it set right.

As bungle says, the camber on standard minis can vary massively from car to car, so 1.5 arms don't necessarily mean 1.5 camber.

[minimender]

I agree with above...

Rear cambers are guesswork from the factory.

I once bought new brackets for the front of the rear subframe to carry the radious arm bolts and it wasn't drilled, I had to do it myself !!
Managed to drill so I got neg camber though.

You can slot the brackets and make your own adjustable brackets for the rears and save some money.

[1977 Loud_Mini]

they're 12x6 minators, hmm ok then, my freinds was 1.5 too and i liked it would you say it made a difference to handling?? oh and by the way nice mini man

Thanks , Yeah as said with regards to the camber setting on minis i think it would be worthwhile getting some adjustable negative camber arms and then get a full geometry setup to give the correct camber you want. I would say it possibly made the car handle better round corners, meaning i can go that little bit faster with more grip as in theory this is what should happen with more tyre contact with the road.

Evan.

[new_zealand _minis]

i put adjustable arms and brackets on mine .. ive got it set with -1 on the front and -0.5 on the back . 5 degrees castor on the front etc .. and it handles really well wayyy better the std setup ... and you can see the nagative even thor its only 1 degree

[minimender]

You will also find that the Mini was produced with the rear wheels toed in to prevent oversteer.

Toe them parallel and then see it go round corners !!! but be aware that the rear end may slide out in the wet