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Air Ride Suspensions Q & A
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MrWilson   +1y
I have a 95 chevy blazer thats bagged,I have 17's on it but when i let it all the way down the front wheels kinda bow in. I want to put twenties on it. My question is what can i do to fix the problem of it bowing in? Cause if i put bigger wheels on it won't it be even worse? Or is this just normal? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
OSL   +1y
Thats normal bro,its called negative camber.Not sure how to fix except an allinment at ride height would help.
mindlissmetalfab   +1y
Edited: 3/13/2006 2:59:49 PM by iLLblazer

Its normal. Its just due to the design of the front suspension. The lenght and mounting points of the control arms cause the wheel to move in an Arc. Get it aligned at ride height, but the wheels will still camber in when you are dumped. Quick Vid
jmn444   +1y
& it won't be worse w/ the bigger wheels unless you cut to go even lower.
mindlissmetalfab   +1y
Its gonna get worse with the 20s, as the arms will have to travel more to lay the truck out on a bigger wheel. Just be glad you dont have an I beam ranger.
MrWilson   +1y
So there is nothing i can really do about it? A friend of mine told me to replace the spindles, will that help? When you say ride height, you mean all the way up, or just where i set ir to ride? Thanks for all your help i'm still kinda new to all this.
jmn444   +1y
spindles will make you even lower w/ the same camber. moving the upper control arm can help or custom uppers and lowers will help.

Really hard to say what will help you the most without knowing if your already on the ground or if you'll still want/need to go lower with bigger rims or what.
jmn444   +1y
fyi though, it's not really a huge problem, the camber won't eat your tires nearly as bad as toe would and it gives your wheels more fender clearance usually.
downplz   +1y
You think that your truck has camber issues take a looke at anything with Ibeams, or tortion bar front ends. and you will be glad you have the kinda platform you have.
dragndime   +1y
camber can be your friend on alot of rides in order to clear rim/tire. I wouldnt think the camber would be that bad on a caprice though to worry about .....just get it aligned at ride height