civboy115

ok well i had my new rims and tires put on my car today, along with tokico blues and H&R sports and a skunk2 camber kit up front. When it was all said and done, i was happy with the ride height, but not how the front wheels stuck out of the sides of the wheel well. They stick out rather far....Now these rims and tires arnt that much wider than my stock ones, and my cars only lowered 1.8 in the front.

How can i make my front wheels get tucked back into the wheel well where they belong? i think it looks goofy as f#%k, and want it normal! ahh someone please give me some advice.

thanks guys.


Modified by civboy115 at 10:20 PM 3/16/2004

piscorpio

What offset are the wheels?

civboy115

whats offset on the wheel...what number? im sorry i dont know jack about suspension stuff...only engine. like on a tire the 215-35-17 or whatever the numbers are...what ones offset?

civboy115

either 40 or 50...i think. does that sound right? anyone...they are 15" rims.

civboy115

bump....really need to know about all this....i want to get it fixed. My tech at goodyear said that my toe is bad, and that it needs alignment still. will this potentially fix this problem?

B18C5-EH2

You say you had a camber kit installed - did you get an alignment done?

EDIT:

Yes you need an alignment immediately because changinc amber RUINS toe, which wears tires WORSE than if you you never installed the camber kits.

It will also make the tires stick out on the side closest to the front bumper - am I right?

civboy115

when i saw it...no....they were doing that shortly after i left. will that tuck the wheels in where they should be...?

SloCivicHMM

I have no clue what your talking about....

have any pics....

I see many ways your tires can stick out.....

if you stand in front of your car and see down the side of the car how do your tires stick out?? /-----\ or \-----/

or if you look at your car from the top.... /-----\ or \-----/

civboy115

from the side.....looking down the side of my car...they are straight from the camber kit.....but just way out like so... |....| |....| just way out of the wheel well. i dont have pics because its still at the shop...but when i go to pick iut up, and its still like that i want to know a way to fix it....it looks horrible.

Caveman74

your camber is probably way off.

civboy115

thanks b18c5, i guess its the toe problem thats makin it stick out...hopefuly when i pick it up, it will be fixed. im at work right now and cant wait to go pick up my car. im scared though...what if they are still wayyyyy out of the wells!!!

civboy115

no the camber is fine....they just adjusted the skunk 2 kit...my camber isnt the prob.

B18C5-EH2

Dude please take some pics or something.

Sounds like you didn't even need a camber kit and they made your camber way positive, which sucks.

Sucks when people who install **** like that have no clue what they're doing.

When I align a car I make sure it has some negative camber that still keeps it within factory specs.

Positive camber is worse than negative camber. Positive camber causes the car to handle like **** and it looks retarded, and you're more likely to scrub the fender well and edge of the tires.

You're allowed a full -1 degree up front on almost all Civics. Chances are you did not even need a camber kit.

Also any shop that willingly installs a camber kit without doing an alignment is a piece of **** hack shop. that **** is borderline dangerous because it throws toe so far out that the car is way easy to lose control of.

civboy115

hmm sounds like my situation for sure. thanks for your info. i cant take pics though becuase im at work and my cars still at the shop. hpefully they took car of the problem already. who knows. if its not fixed i will deff take some pics and post um for u guys. thanks for your help.

B18C5-EH2

What year is your car?

civboy115

it is a 98 EX

with H&R sports about 1.8 inch drop in the front

B18C5-EH2

Call them and tell them you want these specs:

Front:

Toe - .04
Camber - -.5

Rear:

Toe - .08
Camber - -1.5

You're aloowed max -1 degree of camber up front and a full -2 in the rear according to Honda.

Also the toe specs are dead in the middle of the allowances.

civboy115

cool. so these are what the factory specs should be? does wheel offset and all that affect these numbers? i called them and said theyd do it, so we'll see how it turns out. thanks man.