I serached and didn't quite find the right answer, excuse me if its out there, maybe I didn't look hard enough. I went to get an alignment from a friend today, but one of his service techs told him we couldn't adjust the rear alignment because neither camber or toe was adjustable in the rear factory...? Is this correct? They stopped short of telling me to buy rear control arms. They're on the to-do list anyway, I just didn't want to get them THIS soon.. What do I do here?

 

The rear toe is adjustable to some degree by shifting the trailing arm.
On the newer MINIs (I believe 2005 on) there is an eccentric bolt on the
lower control arms that allow a little camber adjustment.
On the front, only toe-in is adjustable.

 

I was told the same thing at a Firestone shop last year. The tech even showed me that the Hunter system they were using did not offer any correct adjustment values for the rear (of my 2005 MCS). Either their software had not been updated, or Firestone (corp) wants to keep the alignments simple. Not sure which. Went to a different shop (also with Hunter) and they had no problem adjusting the rear alignment.

 

rear toe is plenty adjustable stock. There is a special tool for it. There are also specs available from hunter. I do it on a hunter machine at bmw without any problems.

 

*raises hand to ask a noob question*

In all my research, I never ran into the fact that the 05s had some camber adjustment. So I ordered control arms with my h-sport springs. Is there enough adjustment in the stock setup to deal with a more mild lowering? If I put them in anyway, where should the eccentric bolt sit?

Thanks.

 

I think camber adjustment was added to 05 cars so that the JCW suspension could be aligned properly - it's lower by 10mm or nearly 1/2"