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Suspension and Chassis Uneven camber

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Hello all, I am having trouble in my front camber values. Right side has more negative camber than the left side. Official Hyundai service checked the car and said both of the front suspension must be replaced because of bented strut(?) The car has never been in an accident or never pass thorugh any pit or speed bumps in high speed.

My question is should i repleace the suspensions or is it okay to use camber bolts? If so which one should i get.

Thanks
 
If you have owned the car since new I would first take it to a specialist and have the camber checked by them.
 
YNWaN said:
If you have owned the car since new I would first take it to a specialist and have the camber checked by them.
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I did, i took the car to 2 different places other than the official service. Both of them said there is nothing wrong with the car physically and they said the same thing with the service, must be bent strut.
I bought the car from a guy who did 1000km in 1 year. Yes it is possible the he might did this but i believe this kind of impact will definitely puncture the tire or bend the rim. Both of them are from the factory and in good shape.
X-i20N said:
How are the camber values?
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Hyundai Service measured the camber values as:
FL: -1°30'
FR: -2°20'
Every other value like caster, toe, king-pin is Okay and withing the range of the factory.

So the interesting part is the other 2 shop measured the camber value differently than the hyundai service:
FL: 1°43'
FR: 2°05'
I don't know which is correct, but there's definitely a visible negative angle on the right side; it's not very significant, but it's there.

There is nothing wrong with the driving experience by the way, car goes straight or with the tyre pattern. That is why i was thinking to get camber corrections bolts. Everyone says even if you change the struts, there is no guarantee it will be fixed. What is the correct size to fit on i20n?
 
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According to Hyundai spec the camber in front is in tolerance with -1,2 ... -2,2 degree. That's a big range.

Berkan has -1,5 and -2,33 degree.
Without knowing how good other i20N are from factory I would not be that concerned at the first moment.

We should get an extra thread for suspension geometry measurement statistics (OEM i20N only)
 
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In recent weeks, I've noticed a rattling sound coming from the front right side of the car when going over speed bumps and on rough roads. I've heard that if my camber values aren't normal, the control arm bushing and shock absorber mount can also affect the camber. Is there any truth to this?
 
Berkan said:
In recent weeks, I've noticed a rattling sound coming from the front right side of the car when going over speed bumps and on rough roads. I've heard that if my camber values aren't normal, the control arm bushing and shock absorber mount can also affect the camber. Is there any truth to this?
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Don't get the point.
Not normal camber values affect camber values???
Rattling can come from everywhere.
You can check your strut bearings. But at first you should clarify if your noises are suspension or anything else.
Don't know your car and the history of it
 
i think hes saying if rough roads have shagged his control arm bushings on one side, the arm itself will sit differntly and affect the triangle geometry and therefore camber.

so the car may have not taken a hit on one side, nor been misaligned from factory if wear on bushes is a significant factor.

still, we are a forum, not suspension shop. and not a performance suspension shop at that. I'd go to a good performance oriented place that does suspension laser alignments and does aftermarket bushes and coilovers and stuff regularly, they'll look at the bushes and give an accurate alignment and can probably show you whats worn or bent. Dealers and tire shops will just book in work to get paid for hours and markups on oem or their aftermarket parts supplies and dont have the depth of knowledge. they replace components in a specific order until they brute force the solution, instead of spending time on discovery at the beginning and doing a targeted fix.
 
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Berkan said:
Hello all, I am having trouble in my front camber values. Right side has more negative camber than the left side. Official Hyundai service checked the car and said both of the front suspension must be replaced because of bented strut(?) The car has never been in an accident or never pass thorugh any pit or speed bumps in high speed.

My question is should i repleace the suspensions or is it okay to use camber bolts? If so which one should i get.

Thanks
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Can't use camber bolts as it's pushed into the hub and held with one bolt. It's not like the USA model which has adjustable bolts.

Sorry, my mistake, I didn't realise it was the i20 forum, not easily spotted from a mobile.
 
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Jajodu said:
Can't use camber bolts as it's pushed into the hub and held with one bolt. It's not like the USA model which has adjustable bolts.
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I am pretty sure there is 2 bolts between the knuckle and the suspension. But they are not adjustable sadly.
 
I was looking at the titan coilover kit for i20n bc3 and it has two bolt holes to the knuckle, so a non-camber-adjustable strut could have camber adjustment bolts added.

I also recall cherry tuning selling a whiteline camber bolt kit for i20n.

Edit: confirmed they sell whiteline 12mm camber bolts. Also, just saw on their site, cherry tuning is moving from hornsby to clyde. Thats closer to me :)
 
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Main problem is that on many Hyundais the sub-frame is not well nor never aligned correctly, you have to do it on your own. Hyundai mechanics can't do that, because they won't have an alignment tool to align the frame correctly.

If you move the sub-frame, it changes everything, camber, castor, toe-in.
 
That makes it sound like the sub frame is alignable, rather than just bolted in and you deal with how its aligned.

eg: It it possible to loosen some bolts, whack it with a sledge from the side with too much camber and then tighten the bolts? Would it make a significant difference to the camber? Or is it a matter that the sub frame needs more pushing to affect the alignment?
 
Nearly every sub-frame has slightly bigger holes were the bolts go through, because the wishbones are mounted on the sub-frame it is import to set the frame balanced in every direction or so that suits better to the alignment.

On our i20N the sub-frame is misaligned and the rear axle as well.

They even misaligned the toe-in to match better with that misaligned sub-frame.

Never had a car that drives that much in linear.

I will align the sub-frame by myself on someday. To get the driveability it should have from stock. Maybe I will buy an other rear axle, or bent ours to get it right.

At the moment I am thinking off, that the rear beam is only worse mounted. So that it is not centered correctly.

I have a shorter total wheelbase on the right side, compared to the left side. Talking about 15mm difference.

You can see it even by eye, that front & rear is not centered to the arches, as on the left side.
 
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