I swaped a gsr motor in my 91 hatch which makes the front end lower and now both of my front wheels have a negative camber. do i need do buy 1) a whole new suspension 2) a camber kit or 3) is there another way to fix this problem. i dont have much cash right now but i need to fix this problem. i still have the stock suspension.

 

negative camber is not a problem.

if youre worried about tire wear, get your car aligned to set your toe correctly. bad toe in affects tire wear, not negative camber.

negative camber is good for handling.

 

I agree with Tyson. Get an alignment.

I'm running -2.25 camber up front with my toe @ 0 and I have very very minimal camber wear

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tyson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">negative camber is not a problem.

if youre worried about tire wear, get your car aligned to set your toe correctly. bad toe in affects tire wear, not negative camber.

negative camber is good for handling.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Tyson speaks the truth


Modified by jisu009 at 4:21 AM 9/23/2005

 

thanks alot i just took it to get it aligned today.

 

umm, you're kidding right. although toe settings can cause severe tire wear, camber can do just as much damage...if not more. my car is lowered 3 1/4" which caused about 5 degrees of negative camber. my tire to road contact patch was about 4 inches at all times. what do you thing was happening to those 4 inches of tire? wearing the hell out of them thats what. bottom line..if you have severe negative camber, get a camber kit. although if its not more than say 2 degrees...dont worry about it, its good for handling.

 

-2 degrees is not a problem with zero toe.

-5 degrees is absurd.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by lilhatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thanks alot i just took it to get it aligned today.</TD></TR></TABLE>

im curious what your printout read. please share.

 

wellthe alignment helped with that camber. before it was at like -4 now its like -1.

 

im not sure i understand that.

can you write out the numbers, verbatum.