camber shim settings

[Callum_K]

I have bought some camber shims to alleviate some rubbing issues on the rear. The instructions say setting the shims to 20/20 for max negative camber and  no toe change, but I've been told that doesn't work too well when the car is lowered. Does anybody know what to set the shims to, I'm only about 40mm down.

[tweed]

That is wrong for lowered cars.

So always have numbers facing out for driver and passenger side (forget instructions)

So for driver side place the 20-20 to the arrow then turn it anti clockwise so that its 18-18 at the top. Then cut the tabs out

Passenger side turn it clockwise so 22-22 is at the vw arrow and then cut tabs out.

This is for numbers always facing out.

If you think you will go lower then make it 17-17 driver and 23-23 passenger.

Before you cut the tabs out superglue the two halfs together. 

[Callum_K]

Awesome cheers mate! Won't be going any lower as it's on a springs and shocks kit. It's my daily and I'm often ferrying around people and heavily laden so just wanted to eliminate the rubbing when it's fully loaded.

[Ess_Three]

How on earth can anyone seriously decide what to set them too, if you haven't measured what the angles are presently?

You should measure what's there, then adjust as described, then re-measure to ensure you've got to where you wanted to go.

[Callum_K]

Whilst I don't know what the measurements are, tyre wear is good and it drives fine so I can assume the toe is within an acceptable range. So if I can change the camber without changing the toe more than a minute amount, I'm happy with that. There are no garages nearby with decent alignment equipment, nor could I afford it if there was! Not the best way to go about it I'll admit, but it will do!