Freelander camber with lift kit

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duncanpage4

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Hi everyone!
I've been away a long time!
Just wondering if anyone could help me.
I fitted a lift kit in 2014 when I bought the Freelander. I took the car down to my local garage and asked them to check everything was aligned properly and they said it was all fine. 3 or 4 months after that I fitted a set of AT tyres and had very slight rubbing on the O/S front tyre on the inner edge but only on full right lock. Now my front tyres are badly worn on the outer edges and clearly the camber isn't right. I fear this has also damaged the wheel bearings too so I've got a new set to fit. I plan to buy two new matching AT tyres and fit them to the back and swap the rear tyres to the front to ensure the larger diameter tyres are on the rear to protect the rear diff. I've also bought a new set of camber bolts and a camber checking tool and am hoping I can either use my existing camber bolts (fitted in the top hole of the strut) or add the second pair to kick the camber out enough.
So my question is should the camber be set to exactly vertical or should it have a slight positive or negative camber?
 
04-27
Steering
* The steering geometry settings are given in degrees and minutes, decimal parts of a degree and millimetres.
Steering and suspension geometry settings are for a vehicle at unladen weight.
Type Power assisted rack and pinion
Steering column Height adjustable by 3.5 or 30 mm vertical movement of steering
wheel
Turns - lock to lock 3.16
Turning circle: 11.6 m (38 ft 1.2 in)
Overall ratio 18 : 1
Wheel alignment*
Front
⇒Camber angle (negative): -0 15’ ± 0 45’ (-0.25 ± 0.75)
⇒⇒5 1 / 2 J x 15 wheel 1.710 mm ± 5.11 mm (0.0673 ± 0.2012 in)
⇒⇒6 J x 16 wheel 1.811 mm ± 5.323 mm (0.0713 ± 0.2096 in)
⇒Castor angle: 3 30’ ± 1 (3.5 ± 1.0)
⇒⇒5 1 / 2 J x 15 wheel 21.322 mm ± 6.71 mm (0.8394 ± 0.264 in)
⇒⇒6 J x 16 wheel 24.872 mm ± 7.11 mm (0.9792 ± 0.280 in)
⇒King pin inclination 12 18’ (12.3)
⇒⇒5 1 / 2 J x 15 wheel 83.05 mm (3.270 in)
⇒⇒6 J x 16 wheel 88.61 mm (3.489 in)
⇒Front wheel alignment - total toe-out: 0 20’ ± 0 15’ (0.3 ± 0.25)
⇒⇒5 1 / 2 J x 15 wheel 2.211 mm ± 1.710 mm (0.0870 ± 0.0673 in)
⇒⇒6 J x 16 wheel 2.360 mm ± 1.811 mm (0.0929 ± 0.0713 in)
Rear
⇒Camber angle (negative): -0 30’ ± 0 45’ (0.5 ± 0.75)
⇒⇒5 1 / 2 J x 15 wheel 3.314 mm ± 1.710 mm (0.1305 ± 0.0673 in)
⇒⇒6 J x 16 wheel 3.551 mm ± 1.811 mm (0.1398 ± 0.0713)
⇒Thrust angle: 0 0’ ± 0 5’ (0 ± 0.08)
⇒⇒5 1 / 2 J x 15 wheel 0 mm ± 0.601 mm (0 ± 0.0237 in)
⇒⇒6 J x 16 wheel 0 mm ± 0.611 mm (0 ± 0.0241 in)
⇒Rear wheel alignment - total toe-in: 0 20’ ± 0 15’ (0.3 ± 0.25)
⇒⇒5 1 / 2 J x 15 wheel 2.211 mm ± 1.710 mm (0.0870 ± 0.0673 in)
⇒⇒6 J x 16 wheel 2.360 mm ± 1.811 mm (0.0929 ± 0.0713 in)
Power assisted steering
Maximum Operating Pressure ( limited by pressure
relief valve in pump):
⇒K1.8 90 - 100 bar (1305 - 1450 lbf/in 2 )
⇒KV6 & Td4 90 - 100 bar (1305 - 1450 lbf/in 2 )
Pressure at idle 5 - 7 bar (72.5 - 101.5 lbf/in 2 )
Maximum flow 5.5 ± 0.5 litres/min. (1.45 ± 0.13 US gal/min), limited by flow control
valve in pump
 
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