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Front Camber How-to

first write up for me and the only reason i’m posting this is cause the ones on here either didn’t work right or didn’t have pics
tools needed
hammer or ball joint seperator
socket rail(2)
ratchet(2)
pliers
jack
jack stands

step 1
raise and support car and remove wheel<if you don’t know ho wto do this, stop reading and learn about cars>

step 2
remove the ball joint nut cover using a 10MM socket

step 3
remove the pin going through the castle nut on the ball joint

step 4
remove the ball joint nut using a 17MM

step 5
using the hammer or a ball joint seperator do the obvious
remove the ball joint from it’s place

step 6 and step 7
remove the pictured nuts to drop the UCA using a 17MM

step 8
remove upper control arm

step 9
remove both through bolts using a 14MM on both the bolt and nut

step 10
place camber kit to replace what you just removed<don’t know what they’re called>

tighten the 14MMs
step 11
place UCA back where you got it and put the 2 nuts back on
i had to use new bolts that were 19MM but you may not need to

step 12
put the ball joint back in the hole it was taken out of

step 13
put the 17MM castle nut back on the ball joint

step 14
put the pin back through the ball joint bolt
<no pic due to replacing ball joints this weekend>
step 15
put the cover back over the castle nut and tighten the 10MM bolts

be careful i broke the head off one bolt one the other side
step 16
double check everything and put the wheel back on and lower the car

be aware you may have to cut away some of the splash guard

step 17
get the car aligned