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Old 12-24-2008, 10:43 PM
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i adjusted my springs to day and i dont know if i should go lower or leave it like iti is.what do ya'll think?dose it look ok?if you look at the front of the bumper that happened from being too low..i have shunk 2 spring..also dose anyone know how to put a front camber kit on?oh by the way i hate the strips bought it like that.its going to be jet black next year... project.






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mmmk ill give my opinion but its your car...
remove the "racing stripes"
get some 15's or 16's and tuck the meats in (tires)
dont worry about a camber kit.
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If you have coilover, lower the back more. And how low you should go, it's up to you. BTW, why do you want to install a camber kit ?
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17s always look best on a civic. And if you want performance leave a pinky able to wiggle in there. Other wise you get a fked up looking front end.
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it doesn't look level so drop the back and forget the camber kit... that said don't take other peoples opinions so highly... it's your car and your paying for it
Old 12-25-2008, 11:05 AM
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umm really?!?! no camber kit?!?! don't listen to them get a camber kit... not unless you just like buying tires...

the front is fine just a little more in the back...
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worry about getting an alignment to fix the toe, rather then asking about a camber kit.

its toe that kills tires after lowering. you can get an alignment and the tires will not wear unevenly.
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if your worried about tire ware just use washers on top of the shock towers where you mount the front struts alot cheaper than a camber kit and definitely an allignment
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ya i would definitely lower it much more ,
or as low as you can drive it and ya put that
camber kit in . it will help you with tire wear..
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lmao just slam it and scrape your way around town!!
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I second that. Slam that ****. And camber doesn't cause th tire wear its the toe that gets outta whak. And causes the tires to wear excessivly
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i would leave it like that, untill u will brake something off
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my front tires are out a little i have already bought shunk2 camber kit just need to know step by step how to install it..i just bought new tires\ those are 2 weeks old.the last pair died out in 3 mos ate the enter lineing of the tire up.600.00 a pop for a set of tires every 3 mos is not going to work.

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Originally Posted by Nicscivic
my front tires are out a little i have already bought shunk2 camber kit just need to know step by step how to install it..i just bought new tires\ those are 2 weeks old.the last pair died out in 3 mos ate the enter lineing of the tire up.600.00 a pop for a set of tires every 3 mos is not going to work.
if you had gotten an alignment, your tires would not be spent any where near as quickly.

go ahead and install the skunk2 camber kits. just take the old upper control arms off and replace. no big deal.

just know that youre not finished until you get an alignment.
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I actually thought that part of the reason of lower our Civics was to get that camber adjustment for handling.
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Originally Posted by pkdog167
If you have coilover, lower the back more. And how low you should go, it's up to you. BTW, why do you want to install a camber kit ?
x2 lower your back so its level with the front

imo get rid of the stripes
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Originally Posted by hondafab19
ya i would definitely lower it much more ,
or as low as you can drive it and ya put that
camber kit in . it will help you with tire wear..


I'm waiting for the toe kill tire and you don't need a camber kit arugment to start lol
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Default Re: adjusted my spring today.lower???

That's a pretty good drop.
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