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    Dc5 rear camber kit/ rear upper control arm install

    Disclaimer: The following is provided as a GUIDE ONLY, and neither myself nor Ozhonda take any responsibility for the outcomes of someone else doing the following. You follow these steps at your own risk!

    This is a DIY on removing a dc5's rear camber kit and installing a new one.

    Tools needed.
    1x Jack
    2x Jack optional and will make life easier or a handy friend
    Ratchet with 17mm
    Long 17mm spanner
    Pliers
    Ruler
    Mallet
    2x Cable ties
    Shifter spanner

    1. Jack the car up from the spot shown and get some jack stands underneath it.
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...urrent=1-1.jpg
    2. Suitable jack stand placement.
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...&current=2.jpg
    3. Take your wheel off and it should look like this.
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...&current=3.jpg
    4. You can see how crappy my Buddycrap rear cambers are.
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...&current=4.jpg
    5. Use a pair of pliers to remove the brake lines from the kit.
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...&current=9.jpg
    6. Using your long 17mm spanner begin to loosen all the nuts. They can be really stuck on. You may need to tighten abit to break the thread before loosening.
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...current=10.jpg
    7. Once loosened use your ratchet with the 17mm attachment to start unfastening the bolts. Start with the top two bolts first then the one on the bottom. Life is easier this way. Be aware that the hub will drop towards you abit once the camber kit is unfastened from the car chasis.
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...rrent%3D11.jpg
    8. The bolt on the hub part will come out alot easier if you have no weight on it. Jiggle the hell out of it whilst pulling and twisting to get it out. This is what the bolt looks like.
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...current=12.jpg
    9. 1/4 way there.
    10. Now measure you the new camber kit to the old one. You need to unloosen the nuts to adjust the middle part. Try to make it even spacing on the top and bottom. Once you got it to the right spec tighten so that it just wont move. Now begins the pain in the arse part.
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...&current=7.jpg
    11. Be mindful you got the right kit for the right side and that it itself is on the right way. Start with the two top bolts. Fasten them so that they are just in, now let it hang and get a jack on the lower control arm to lift the hub into the right spot for the bottom bolt to go in. Or a handy friend to lift it. Once you get it properly aligned begin to screw it in the first threads, half way through you may need to start gently smacking it with the mallet to get it through the bushing to the other set of threads. Have your mate holding up the hub to tell you when it reaches so you can start screwing.
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...current=14.jpg
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...current=15.jpg
    12. After quite a stuff around and abit of rage you should get it in.
    13. Now torque up all bolts by hand, then ratchet and finally spanner to be safe.
    13. Use your shifter spanner to now tighten the nuts on the rear camber kit so they dont move.
    14. Grab the plastic frame on the brake lines and line it up to the black frame on the camber kit, and get a cable tie in there.
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...current=16.jpg
    15. Done! Heres a pic of the place i meant to put the second jack
    http://s1103.photobucket.com/albums/...0-15145441.jpg its on the right side of the car. Images shown are primarily left.
    16. Put the wheel back on and repeat on the other side.
    Last edited by DakDak; 15-10-2011 at 05:58 PM.

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