So I got this concern, that if we put in lowering springs, it will alter the rear camber, that we cannot correct (unlike the front), because we can only adjust toe in the rear, on a stock suspension. How bad is it for the rear wheel bearings? Especially if I have 25mm spacers on the rear as well.
It's bad, race cars with big spacers are notorious for wrecking wheel bearings. I suggest you buy a set of camber adjust bolts from the guy in Poland as negative camber will cost you plenty in tyres and 16in don't come cheap I might need to as well - I see the TEIN rear coilovers don't have camber adjust either. You could also carefully slot the rear upper holes but camber bolts are a safer option
They sell it way too expensive, but eBay is full of it, on much better price. So if my car is pre facelift, I'll need a 17mm sized pair for the rear, or 19mm?
I'm going to order a set of these for my Yaris and before installing them, see if they will fit the Celica as well. The nice thing with these is your not putting any more stress on the bearing than the stock set-up. http://www.penguingarage.com/HubSpacers/Spacer.html Also I can make you a set of these rear camber plates like I made for my GTS, if you like?? racerb :driving
Those hub spacers are clever, but 13mm is not enough for me (and I also spent two times for the spacers, cannot sell my previous ones, and don't want to buy a third one) Thank you, camber plates are very cool, but I think the adjuster bolts will be enough for me to the rear. So which size do I need? (just out of curiosity, how much would be the camber plates?)
You could always go with a different off-set wheel, like these from XXR....... http://www.nlmotoring.com/XXR-002-Wheels-16x8-Black-p/00268102.htm You can get different style camber bolts in several diamaters, just depends what you need to acheive...... http://www.tirerack.com/suspension/...utoModel=Celica+GTS&autoYear=1987&autoModClar= As for the camber plates, I've got somewhere around $125 US in the set, that includes something like $99 for the universal camber adjuster from Ebay. If I were to make these to sell, I'd probebly ask $150 a set plus shipping..... http://www.ebay.com/itm/MK1-Univers...hash=item20c13f3588&item=140681098632&vxp=mtr racerb
i've got 2" spacers on the back of mine. and i've never had less than 1". never any issues. but i do have (had) the cam bolts as well.
Oh, btw: I needed 12mm bolts for the prefacelift Celi, the catalog wrote 15mm for the facelift (and T18, and T20).
