NW36R Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 2011 Legacy 3.6R 117K Bone Stock. Was changing my brake fluid when I noticed the right rear tire had excessive edge wear and some cupping? maybe (see picture attached). I took the car in yesterday to a local tire chain that I last had do the alignment. They put it on the rack and let me know the right rear camber was at the very end of its specification (1.8) which could be the reason for the edge wear. They offered to install adjustable camber control arms for ~$400. I politely declined since I did not want any work done with them further than an alignment. They did not tell me who made the new arms and I assumed they would be of questionable quality (this is the tire chain who insists on changing calipers with a brake job). Does anyone else have thoughts on this? Would you pursue adjustable arms or pull the existing arms and change the bushings maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLlegacy Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 Edge wear is more likely to come from the toe adjustment than the camber angle, especially given the camber is within specs according to the sheet, although it is at the limit. If nothing in the rear suspension is worn or loose, you could consider an adjustable set of arms, I am sure you could get them for less than $400 and they aren't terribly hard to install. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NW36R Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 Thanks, did not realize edge wear was caused by toe adjustment being off. I believe it was off last time I had the car aligned. Do you recommend a certain brand of adjustable control arms? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLlegacy Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 Whiteline makes good suspension parts, as well as SPC and superpro. I don't have any experience with them yet, hopefully Gteaser or one of the other autox members pops in to recommend a more specific set. If not you can always shoot them a PM they enjoy helping others spend money on our cars! Good luck, hope you get it all figured out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeuEmMaiMai Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 +1 for adjustable control arms, will be adding to my car in spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zee199969 Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 I've got the SPC rear control arms. They aren't the most blingy piece, but they are well built and they correct rear camber. My "Build" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTEASER Posted October 10, 2018 Share Posted October 10, 2018 Right rear camber being as much a -1 degree more than the other side from the factory is nothing new.....I think a large percentage of 5th Gens have this issue and it's exacerbated when the car is lowered. Whiteline or SPC makes adjustable lower control arms that will correct it and even it up from side to side. Anything that fits 08-18 WRX/STI and BRZ will fit our cars. But as FLlegacy mentioned, rear toe should really be set to 0 to avoid edge wear. GTEASER's 2012 Legacy GT - Sold GTEASER's 2009 XTeaser - Sold GTEASER's 1992 Legacy SS - Sold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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