Has anyone lowered there 2000 civic with the h&r 2.75 inch lowering springs. Im having crazy tire wear issues and cant tell if its toe or camber which are the signs of each because i dont want to have a alignment done before i buy the camber kit if its only the toe that im haveing issues with. thanks

 

Most likely it's your camber, get the kit first then take it in for a alignment.

 

how does toe wear out the tires?

 

You definitely need a camber kit. I see you are in cocoa,FL? We are in Orlando. You can come by and pick up the kits you need. Give me a call or PM and I will explain what you need.

If you are still skeptical, find an alignment shop that will give you a printout without performing an alignment. That way you will know exactly how much adjustment you need. Check us out at http://www.camberkit.com

 

as soon as u lower the car, u take it out of OEM alliment specks, your toe is now off and your camber is to, go get it alligned and get the toe adjusted

 

ok, you probably don't really need a camber kit. Camber DOES NOT CAUSE HORRIBLE TIRE WEAR!!! Maybe people will start to get it. Toe is the reason that your tires wear out so quickly after lowering a car. Camber will take a few thousand miles off the life of your tires. Toe will take a brand new tire and wear it out within a month or two. I usually run 2-2.5 degrees of negative camber for the past several years and have no problems getting a year or more out of performance tires. This includes autocrossing. Go get your car aligned WITHOUT the camber kit & get the toe straight. After that, see how your tire wear is. If it's too bad then grab an alignment kit but I bet you that you won't have any problems with a 2.25-2.5" drop (what I had with the H&R race which is what I'm assuming you're running on).

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dave421 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ok, you probably don't really need a camber kit. Camber DOES NOT CAUSE HORRIBLE TIRE WEAR!!! Maybe people will start to get it. Toe is the reason that your tires wear out so quickly after lowering a car. Camber will take a few thousand miles off the life of your tires. Toe will take a brand new tire and wear it out within a month or two. I usually run 2-2.5 degrees of negative camber for the past several years and have no problems getting a year or more out of performance tires. This includes autocrossing. Go get your car aligned WITHOUT the camber kit & get the toe straight. After that, see how your tire wear is. If it's too bad then grab an alignment kit but I bet you that you won't have any problems with a 2.25-2.5" drop (what I had with the H&R race which is what I'm assuming you're running on).</TD></TR></TABLE>