Are you under warranty?[/b]

But i have a feeling mazda isnt going to view the negative camber as a issue that requires them to spend money and fix it[/b]

Good advice Andrew! Jeremy take it down there whats the worst that happens[/b]

whats that place?[/b]

Any Mazda Dealership.[/b]

So, you're telling us that the guy "looked" at the car from behind, and could just see 2 degrees of negative camber? Bring the car to a Mazda dealership for a second opinion, if your car is still under warranty, they should be able to take care of it for you, or at least tell you your car is within factory spec. If *somehow* you bent your factory control arms, or they were like that from the factory, they should be able to replace them, unless they determine abuse was the cause of a problem.

As far as negative camber goes.... not necessarily a bad thing in moderation. When cornering, if you have 0 camber, your tire will "roll" to the outside edge, not allowing you to maximize your full contact patch as pressure on the inside edge if your tire will be minimal... with a little bit of negative camber (toe out), in a straight line, you'll have more inside tire wear, but upon cornering, your inside tire will roll toward the outside edge, supplying you with slightly more usable contact patch... larger usable contact patch=more grip. When cornering, grip is your friend

^^^Granted, that's just a simple breakdown, there's more to it than that, I was just trying to make it somewhat understandable. Although, on a FWD car, negative camber in the front would be more useful than negative camber in the rear.... mostly due to a FWD car's tendency to understeer. As a general rule of thumb, while driving hard (cornering, not drag racing lol), if your front tires give out first, the car will tend to understeer, whereas if the rear tires give out first, you'll be more likely to oversteer. Increasing grip up front on your car will help reduce it's tendency to understeer, making it a more neutral car.

Either way, take it to a dealership. I have a little secret for your... most shops will try and over-exaggerate a problem because they LIKE TO MAKE MONEY. Not saying that's necessarily the case, but get a second opinion, preferably from a Mazda certified tech who works on Mazda's daily.



To Tom: IIRC, I believe the Mazda 3 has a MacPherson strut suspension up front, and a multi-link/double wishbone in the rear. In contrast, the Mazda 6 has double-wishbones front and rear.[/b]