Camber kit
11-20-2006, 05:18 PM
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Re: Camber kit (guero2craze)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by guero2craze »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how much can i drop my 94 gsr and still not need a camber kit?</TD></TR></TABLE>
You can drop it all the way without a camber kit.
In fact, if you're trying to go really low, I'd recommend against using a camber kit, as all of the replacement UCAs will sit taller than stock (upper ball joint is moved up because of the sliding plate for camber adjustment, and reduce the available suspension travel. With a lowered Integra, the last thing we need to reduce suspension travel even more.
I ran with about 1/2" of tucked tire without a camber kit, and only bottomed out the shocks once on a seriously bad pothole. I then swapped UCAs for a camber adjustment piece, and raised up to a 2 finger gap, and I can tap the UCAs to the chassis on occasion on freeway overpass transitions. I also only had -2.4* of camber lowered that far, with is a perfectly acceptable setting for street use (certainly sub-optimal, but streetable).
I added the camber kit to get more camber, and now run -4.0* front camber for autocross use. If you aren't looking for more camber, then just skip the kit completely.
Be sure to get the toe correctly aligned after lowering. Your toe will be seriously off, and toe settings that bad will cause serious tire wear. Get the toe set correctly (0 all around or 0 front and spec for the back, your choice) and you won't have adnormal tire wear.
You can drop it all the way without a camber kit.
In fact, if you're trying to go really low, I'd recommend against using a camber kit, as all of the replacement UCAs will sit taller than stock (upper ball joint is moved up because of the sliding plate for camber adjustment, and reduce the available suspension travel. With a lowered Integra, the last thing we need to reduce suspension travel even more.
I ran with about 1/2" of tucked tire without a camber kit, and only bottomed out the shocks once on a seriously bad pothole. I then swapped UCAs for a camber adjustment piece, and raised up to a 2 finger gap, and I can tap the UCAs to the chassis on occasion on freeway overpass transitions. I also only had -2.4* of camber lowered that far, with is a perfectly acceptable setting for street use (certainly sub-optimal, but streetable).
I added the camber kit to get more camber, and now run -4.0* front camber for autocross use. If you aren't looking for more camber, then just skip the kit completely.
Be sure to get the toe correctly aligned after lowering. Your toe will be seriously off, and toe settings that bad will cause serious tire wear. Get the toe set correctly (0 all around or 0 front and spec for the back, your choice) and you won't have adnormal tire wear.
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