gordie Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Hi!New here, first post....... style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> I've bought a 2001 Lupo Sport for my girlfriend for Christmas. It's been lowered all round using sport springs, the only thing is there seems to be some negative camber on the FRONT wheels??! Is this normal? I own a '63 Karmann Convertible Beetle and have negative camber on the rear, but the FRONT??!Any help appreciated......Cheers!gordie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigz™ Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Jack the car up and take off the wheels, undo the bolts on the the susspention arm then pull the top of the brake disc towards you before tightening the bolts back up.I didnt tighten mine back up enought when I fitted my shocks so the same thing happened to me. Hope that helps.Oh ya, welcome to Club Lupo! Got any pics of the car? style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BReal Posted December 18, 2003 Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 run a nice amount of negative camber, will make the car corner better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordie Posted December 18, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2003 Cheers guys!!! At least I know it ain't serious before I hand the keys over to my lass (actually, not sure if I want to now - the Lupo ROCKS!! :cool: )Here's a few pics. The previous owner didn't care much for it so I've spent all day gettin it somewhere near clean.... border="0" class="linked-image" /> border="0" class="linked-image" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty b-road Posted December 20, 2003 Report Share Posted December 20, 2003 Your old beetles rear wheels are -ve cambered because they are the driven wheelsA bit of -ve on the fronts on a fwd is no worries. I running -ve 1.5 degrees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted December 21, 2003 Report Share Posted December 21, 2003 I was told to run about 1 degree negative camber on the fronts of the GTi to aid turn in and provide a tad more front grip (not the GTi needed any more...)You'll find that, unless you do huge amounts of motorway miles that you'll get more even tyre wear too...my Lupo before the suspension used to scrub away the outer edges very quickly and then lose alot of gripAnd like your Beetle, my Elise runs negative camber on the rear - obivous reasons are to increase rear grip in cornering to avoid oversteer/provide balance.Enjoy! All cars look better in Black style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty b-road Posted December 25, 2003 Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 QUOTE(MattyB)Enjoy! All cars look better in Black style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" />wordBut that's not what you used to say when you had a silver Lupo style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=";)" border="0" alt="wink.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyB Posted December 25, 2003 Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 Oh yes, I should have added an admendment to say everycar *except* the Lupo, which looked `best-est` in Silver, obviously style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin.gif" /> style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":P" border="0" alt="tongue.gif" /> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1 Lupo Posted December 29, 2003 Report Share Posted December 29, 2003 Totally agree there! Silver looks damn good.I love my black TDi, just keeping it clean and stone chips exposing white primer are a pain in the a$$. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
`lupo-on`-chromes Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 gettin airbags for around £1,500 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssexLoop Posted May 24, 2004 Report Share Posted May 24, 2004 im confused... y come out with that comment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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