ok I went to get my lude re-alligned today cause I jus went through 2 new tires in about 700 miles....I jus bought the lude....and the previous owner must of put some lowering springs on it....the camber is making the wheels in the front bend in about 5 degrees....shop says if I get my stock springs on there they could allign it alot better......what should I do?......get stock springs for the front....get some coilovers?

 

First of all, if you like the drop on it pick up a camber kit, then the shop will be able to align your tired.
Second question, is it on stock shocks? If it is, either invest in some Koni yellows or a coilover kit. I'm guessing that you have a pretty extreme drop on there and the stock shocks won't last too long.

 

it looks like a 1-2 inch drop on it....wheres the best place to buy a camber kit?

 

You need ALL of the alignment data to make the right choice of parts. Both Specialty Products and Ingalls have the replacement anchor bolt type kits for 4th gen preludes. The amount you are out of spec will determine which to buy. They are very simple to install up front in particular. You can get more info on these items from the websites (www.specprod.com and Ingallseng.com) I bought mine for my 5th gen from Ultra Performance in Tuscon. Talk to Derreck there-he will get things going at a very competitive price.
Hope this helps you.

 

I have an Ingalls kit for the rear wheels of my prelude. I bought it from http://www.lightningmotorsports.com I have the kit with rubber bushings because I don't want to deal with squeaky poly bushings.

 

be careful... I bought my lude after the old owner had a crash and he "fixed" it... yea right, the alignmen was extreamly off to say the least. I ordered a 0-3.5 degree correction and it still didn't fix it. so then I put on my cheap coilovers and bought some nice kyb/agx struts... i'm very pleased with them. Either way after I did the drop it wasn't better to say the least. My mechanic friend and I set to work and my car had it's first surgery, we actually grinded some of the holes out to allow for more adjustment. after this was done we put it to specs and tightened everything extrmely good and spot welded it all. ever sincei have had no problems, hope this helps

 

if I bought some coilovers would I be able to lower the car.....or just use the coilovers to put the car back at stock height to fix the camber problem......so far im looking at getting a camber kit but my car has about 5 degrees that need to be put back to normal

 

If you are out 5 degrees on any of the corners, this is not good. Are you certain that this is a correct number-might be worth doing the check again as I've never seen more than 2.25 with a dropped 5th gen (around 2"). If you get the same numbers and your drop is in the range of 2" drop, I would suspect that you have a bent suspension piece or that you need to have the car checked on a frame machine. As an example-many years ago I hit a mailbox post after jumping a curb. The body shop checked and it was a bent part causing a major camber problem on that corner-the repair sadly was more expensive than the car was worth (80 Pinto).
Changing the ride height to stock will help-but not cure the problem if it is this extreme. Keep us informed as to your findings.

 

well on my front drivers side they said I need a inner tie rod.....not sure if that would change anything....ok I jus called the shop and talked to the ppl who worked on my car....I told them about my two diff. types of camber kit I can buy from http://www.lightningmotorsports.com and they said go with the -3/4 to +1 degree.....so im just about ready to order the camber kit.....should I go with regular kit or the one with the rubber mounts?

 

that doesn't seem like much of a correction... I might be wrong, but then again, if you get more adjustment (up to 3.25 or so) then you can always adjustce some of the way, where as if you only get to 1 degree you can only adjust it to one degree. If your planning on changing the ride height in the future I would think it is best to have the most amount of lee-way. just my 2 cent, and I'm not a technition, I just work around them so don't buy anything strictly around what I say... wait until you know what you need for sure.
Matt

 

You said they told you that you need an inner tie rod. If that is the case then your toe-in is not adjusted properly. This does not normally affect the Camber. That problem needs tended to and the alignment data printed out after the repair. Then and only then can you really determine what you will need. There are some kits that have a large range of adjustment, but be very careful as they are intened for extreme drops and may not cross thru 0 degrees. For example: my front kits are +/-1.5 degrees and my final setting for the front is about -0.5 degrees which is very close to ideal according to honda.
As to which type of kit-the catalogs say in bold print that the Polyurethane bushings are intended for race applications. We all know they are very noisy-and there is no way to lube them either as they are sealed. Go with the rubber ones-they work just fine.
Let us know how it goes from here.