jaws dawg Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Has anybody raised the front of their EA81's with the factory suspension adjusters? I have done this and am running into an extreme amount of neg. camber. I was hoping to find an adjustable lower control arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobywagon Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Raising the front with the factory adjusters is almost a requirement for membership on this board. Welcome! To my knowledge, there is no commercially available adjustable lower control arm. However, I've seen a few around with fabricated ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbrat Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 Welcome to the board!!!!! you'd have to fabricate an adjustable one, but as soon as you adjust it out to correct the camber, your gonna extend your axles a bit further putting lots more stress on the joints. or you could slot your strut mount holes and move the top of the strut inward. how extreme is the camber? are the strut tops facing the right way. if the 2WD end is facing forward instead of the 4WD end, the camber will be off like you speak of.... Has anybody raised the front of their EA81's with the factory suspension adjusters? I have done this and am running into an extreme amount of neg. camber. I was hoping to find an adjustable lower control arm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 you could convert to an ea82 lower control arm with a little fabrication. the fabrication involves making the control arm mount behind the original. since the ea82 control arms curve froward versus the straught ea81, the wheels will be in the proper location for the axle and all. but this will set the track a little wider, and thus you will gain a little positive camber and more wheel travel. you can use the ea82 strut and knuckle assembly with a modified ea81 strut cap. power steering inner tie rods can be swapped to the ea82 for the proper width. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carfreak85 Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 I seriously doubt this guy has problems with negative camber because all us old school guys a fighting to GET negative camber. You have a problem with POSITIVE camber, which is when the top of the wheel tilts out and the bottom tilts in: \ / This is what old soob's front wheels look like. / \ This is what negative camber looks like. Raising the front with the factory adjusters is almost a requirement for membership on this board. My adjusters are all the way down on both my cars! Can I still be a member? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubaruJunkie Posted September 17, 2004 Share Posted September 17, 2004 I have my suspension adjusted all the way down cause camber is my primary pet peeve. But the 3" lift blocks fix any travel problems I might have I wouldnt recommend having your front suspension adjusted all the way. It does add more stress to the axles and more camber issues. Its really not worth it for an extra 1" of clearance. However, the rear end can be lifted without any problems at all. -Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subynut Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 Yeah, my original struts had the adjusters on them. I had mine all the way up. Went through CV axels about every 3k-5k miles! That's with almost all hiway miles with a Sunday afternoon off road trip in the mix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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