Any decent alignment shop will have these.
If your car is set up around zero camber (about stock), then as a VERY ROUGH
rule of thumb a 1/8 shim will give you about 1 deg negative camber. This
does not sound like much, but will be visible, and will markedly increase
steering feel and cornering power, and not hurt tire wear too terribly much.
The alignment shop shims may not look like the nissan parts, but in the big
scheme of things, you just using them as shims, after all. They should look
sort of like a U shape, to slide over the bolt.
Of course, the other part of this thread that pops up over the years is to
take a close look at the bolts that hold those arms on (that the shims go
between), as they are really small for the job they have to do with modern
sticky tires. You may want to go with stronger newer bolts, like aircraft
quality, or grade 8, or if you have access to a nuclear/subsafe shipyard
maybe Dot-K-Dot Monel.
Do NOT use grade two hardware store bolts as replacements.
Best Regards,
Jim
Chesapeake,
Virginia
>From: Gary Tew <garytew@cox.net>
>Reply-To: Gary Tew <garytew@cox.net>
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: camber shims
>Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 16:15:53 -0700
>
>I was looking though the online parts catalog (exciting life huh?) for
>some stuff and I came across camber shims for the front end. The part
>checks out as a Nissan number still, although I haven't checked into
>availability. Would these be something I should get if they are available
>or would a good alignment shop have these or similar on hand? There is 3
>parts listed and I'm guessing different thicknesses maybe? Just wondering.
> The car is going to the painter as soon as he has space in the shop for
>it. Hope to get some good pics.
>
>Gary Tew
>Phoenix, AZ
>67 1600
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