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Old Jul 26, 2004 | 02:17 PM
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Just came back from alignment and my rears are both -.5 degrees of camber. I know that it is a good, but would it be beneficial if I added one more washer to bring it right around 0 degrees?

Also, my front camber is +.5 and +.7, mainly because of my sprint camber kit i installed a long time ago. It is like this because I just raised up my car one notch with my koni yellows. If I were to trade my camber kit with a stock replacement camber thingy, how much degrees of camber will that bring it down? Or another way of asking this is, if i have -1 degree of camber, how much of a difference will the sprint camber kit make? 1 degree? Thanks
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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 05:05 AM
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Default Re: need alignment help (mingbling)

rears are fine....you can leave them alone.

fronts are not too shabby. Positive camber doesn't help you in the cornering department. If you switch to the stock camber blocks, you'll get the amount of the sprint camber kit and maybe a little more negative camber.

So, if the sprint camber kit was a 1.5' kit, replacing it with the stock camber blocks would probably set you at -1.0 camber.
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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 06:04 AM
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you always need SOME negative camber.

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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 06:20 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by IVI &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you always need SOME negative camber.

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RIGHT! Honda specs ask for Neg Camber in both fron and rear.
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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 10:04 AM
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Default Re: need alignment help (mingbling)

Don't touch the rear camber.

Take those front camber kits off ASAP and put the stock upper control arm bolts back in. I would say that positive camber is downright unsafe, especially in the front, as it will make the car MUCH more prone to understeer.

But you will have to get the alignment adjusted again. Negative camber is your friend (positive camber is evil ), but the toe has to be dialed in to exact factory specs if you want to have even tire wear.
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Old Jul 27, 2004 | 06:41 PM
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Default Re: need alignment help (PatrickGSR94)

Just like everybody said, leave the rear alone. Use the stock A arms for the front?

BTW, what alignment shop did you take it to?
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Old Jul 28, 2004 | 02:35 AM
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