AmericanPie

I've been thinking about installing some aftermarket springs and shocks/struts on my '97 Accord wagon, but don't want to go too low. If I stay with a ~1' drop or less, will I need to install camber adjusters? The car is my daily driver, and I don't want anything radical....just improved handling w/o the hassles of tight ground clearance or a real stiff ride.

Can anybody recommend a spring manufacturer? So far I see Neuspeed has a 3/4" drop spring set, and I think H&R does also.

scanlessfool

I'm 3" from the ground with absolutely no camber kit and absolutely fine. Natural camber is fine, as long as you set the toe all around to 0, you'll be good. Get an alignment and call it a day.

tpot90

I doubt your camber is absolutely fine. If you think setting all of your toe to 0 is the best thing for an alignment, think again. Why even bother setting your toe, when you don't touch anything else? Everything is all equally important when in comes to prolonging tire wear and building performance.

To the OP: Your camber will only lean in a very small amount, if any, and I doubt your camber is within spec right now anyway. You probably need an adjustable camber kit right now, its just a matter if you're interested in tire wear and proper alignment. Is it valuable to you?
For my 98, Ingalls offers adj ball joints, but i'm sure they offer parts for your 97.

wolfy47

nothing is wrong with camber....if you were smart then you would know that toe is the main contibuter to tire consumption and camber contibutes to very little wear...i will stand by that being that i daily drive my car thats lowered a bit more than scanlessfool with no camber kits with the toe set to 0 all around

tamadrummer1120

I am also with wolfy and scanless. I have -3 degrees of natural camber and daily it. yes, camber will contribute to a very small amount of inside edge tire wear. But toe is the main tire killer because it is essentially dragging the tire down the road at an angle across the tread. A proper set of tires, 0'ed toe alignment, call it a day. Especially with such a small drop. Would be more than fine.

joe_accord23

cambers are required for cars dropped no matter the height. the reason being that you only use one side of the tire. camber is what im headed for, with my being a 2 in drop.

wolfy47

^^^ive read that about 20 times and i still dont know what you wrote

sgraham01

unless you drop it more than 1.5" or so, set the toe and move on.

wolfy47

why am i even going to try and argue with you guys when there is a 15 page thread doing that for me, scanless, and tamadrummer

https://honda-tech.com/forums/suspension-brakes-54/no-you-do-not-need-camber-kits-2614449/

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tamadrummer1120

thank you wolfy.