Alignment issues yet again

the drivers side I can work with. the passenger side is the problem child. I will check it out after I take everything apart to replace the strut rod bushings.

I'm going to replace the cam bolt adjusters also. what bushings and bolts are the good ones?
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You want to avoid the adjusters that have flats cut on both sides of the threads like the ones in that picture. You can tell by looking at the washers, the bolt hole is flat on both sides instead of just one.

Can’t help you with the strut rod bushings, I replace all my stock strut rods with adjustable strut rods. With the stock ones you’re at the mercy of those bushings, and honestly I don’t think any one the ones out there are very good reproductions of the originals.

The thing I'm having trouble understanding is how the strut rod affects camber?

It shouldn’t effect the camber all that much, but it will totally change the caster. I don’t think the camber is your problem, it’s what the caster is at that camber setting that’s the issue.

I think that picture is with the car on jacks and suspension fully dropped down. So the bushing/strut rod is at an abnormal angle. Twisted downward exposing the top contact area.

When at ride height that won’t look like that.

Yeah but that worn clean spot is much larger than the diameter of the bushing. Even if the shape of the bushing changes a little when the strut rod is lifted, that bushing is still very loose. And the worn spot is actually pretty even all the way around.