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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:	Cars in the UK
Notice:	Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:	COMICS::SHELLEYELD

Created:	Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	2584
Total number of notes:	63384

2325.0. "Camber/castor adjustable for Audi 80 1.8E ??" by ZPOVC::SEOWHURN () Mon Oct 10 1994 05:15

    Hi,
    
    does anyone out there know if the camber and castor is adjustable on an
    Audi 80 1.8E (1990 - previous model with the Golf 1.8 GTI Injected engine)
    
    The wheel alignment shop I go to, claims that the camber and castor is
    not adjustable. Though it was rather strange, especially for camber,
    which was adjustable for the Golf and Jetta that I had.
    
    If it is adjustable, does anyone have the specifications of the camber
    and castor for the 80 ?
    
    Seow-Hurn

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2325.1 not stock AIMTEC::BURDEN_D A bear in his natural habitat Mon Oct 10 1994 17:49 12

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2325.1	not stock	AIMTEC::BURDEN_D	A bear in his natural habitat	`Mon Oct 10 1994 17:49`	12
	I don't know the Audis as much as I do the VWs, but when they switched from the Mk I to the Mk II body style, the camber on the front end was no longer adjustable - however..... If you bought the proper eccentric bolt for the struts, you could make them adjustable just like the Mk I models. So, it's possible your Audi has thus setup - with the stock strut bolts it is not adjustable, but with after-market parts it is. Castor is not adjustable, unless you like banging into curbs or tree stumps...:-) Dave

  I don't know the Audis as much as I do the VWs, but when they switched
  from the Mk I to the Mk II body style, the camber on the front end was no
  longer adjustable - however.....  If you bought the proper eccentric bolt
  for the struts, you could make them adjustable just like the Mk I models.
  
  So, it's possible your Audi has thus setup - with the stock strut bolts
  it is not adjustable, but with after-market parts it is.
  
  Castor is not adjustable, unless you like banging into curbs or tree
  stumps...:-)
  
  Dave