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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 06:17 AM
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I have a 2004 TSX with the A-Spec suspension on it. The right rear wheel camber is sitting at -2.2 degrees and needs to be between -1.5 / -0.5. The left side is sitting at -1.5. Is there anything I can use to straighten the wheel up some? Washers maybe?

Any help is much appreciated.
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 07:32 AM
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buy the ingalls camber kit for the rear. around $150
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Old Nov 19, 2008 | 02:05 PM
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You can't really perform a successful alignment based on what you see with the naked eye. Most shops have laser alignment these days, and are capable of aligning the camber, castor and toe exactly within/to OEM spec.

Take it to a shop and spend the $80 or so. It's well worth it.
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Old Nov 21, 2008 | 05:53 AM
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you can buy a wicked tuning camber kit which is very easy to use and so far been reliable, like 80 on ebay.. and take it to a shop,, a lot of places around me love to charge a lot extra for a lowered car, but since its A spec i dont think they would notice.
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Old Nov 23, 2008 | 09:14 PM
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If you have A-Spec suspension it shouldn't have that much camber. Its an OEM option. Did you buy it like that or get it installed?
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Old Nov 29, 2008 | 06:26 AM
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The tsx's have always had rear camber issues even when stock. I recommend you buy the ingalls rear camber kit and get it aligned. That should fix your camber problems
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Old Dec 3, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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I also have a-spec suspension. The camber on my rear wheels is out too. my car's squattin. I'm not an expert, and i was guessing the springs wore out or settled or something. is this what causes the camber to go out?

would they really need an aftermarket part to deal with problems caused by stock components?

Is the suspension dipping like this covered under warranty? i had the suspension installed at the dealer when i bought the car.

A few questions but i'm hoping someone gots all the answers.
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Old Dec 5, 2008 | 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by sickstyle83
I also have a-spec suspension. The camber on my rear wheels is out too. my car's squattin. I'm not an expert, and i was guessing the springs wore out or settled or something. is this what causes the camber to go out?

would they really need an aftermarket part to deal with problems caused by stock components?

Is the suspension dipping like this covered under warranty? i had the suspension installed at the dealer when i bought the car.

A few questions but i'm hoping someone gots all the answers.
Shitty design is why the camber is all messed up on the 1st gen tsx. There is an oem updated rear camber arm that honda supplies to fix the stock setups, but when it comes to lowered vehicles I usually install camber kits to remedy the problem.....I know my dealership gets the camber kits and i install them under warranty if the vehicle is under warranty. Sometimes if you talk to the dealer or if you talk to a honda rep, they'll hook it up with a "goodwill" repair if you're out of warranty. Hope this helps.
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Old Dec 5, 2008 | 08:03 AM
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Originally Posted by 1bad-eg
Shitty design is why the camber is all messed up on the 1st gen tsx. There is an oem updated rear camber arm that honda supplies to fix the stock setups, but when it comes to lowered vehicles I usually install camber kits to remedy the problem.....I know my dealership gets the camber kits and i install them under warranty if the vehicle is under warranty. Sometimes if you talk to the dealer or if you talk to a honda rep, they'll hook it up with a "goodwill" repair if you're out of warranty. Hope this helps.
Thanks for the info, do you have a possible part number for the new piece?
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Old Dec 6, 2008 | 11:50 PM
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Evening gents,

I was trawling the web for a set of CL9 / TSX rear camber arms to ship to NZ. I've never heard of Wicked, can you state side guys offer any opinions on their products? They seem a lot cheaper than other alternatives that all do a very basic same job.

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RJ

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_Car-...1%7C240%3A1318
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