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Old 21-01-2008, 08:34 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by lostdude
thanks jc, very informative once again.
can i just bug you for one more question, my left front had too much camber and excessively wearing out the outside edge so it was shimmed, would i need to get it reshimmed after the conversion.

i should have put this in my first post but forgot about it, sorry.
Probably not as the upper control arm bolt for the upright is pretty easy to get out on the AU. If it was an E series, I would say you definitely need one, as it takes a hammer to break the upper balljoint, but AU pretty much slips out.

BUT, if it does need a shim or two (or even a shim removed), that should be all part of a standard wheel alignment charge, and the shop that does the work has millions of shims that cost them nothing.
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