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Old Dec 6, 2005 | 09:39 AM
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I was removing my skunk2 front camber kit, and i noticed that they are labeled for the left and right side, if you set them side by side, you can see the differenc that they have on how the balljoint is not centered. my question is that if i put the left on the right, and the right on the left, would that give the car a little bit more caster, and make it handle a tiny bit better?? thanks guys, any info would help
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Old Jan 16, 2006 | 01:51 PM
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rofl no
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Old Jan 16, 2006 | 01:58 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM1civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was removing my skunk2 front camber kit, and i noticed that they are labeled for the left and right side, if you set them side by side, you can see the differenc that they have on how the balljoint is not centered. my question is that if i put the left on the right, and the right on the left, would that give the car a little bit more caster, and make it handle a tiny bit better?? thanks guys, any info would help </TD></TR></TABLE>

I know on the DC chassis, that will give you more caster, but whether or not that will imporve handling is up for debate. I've searched for answers to this many times here on HT, and have yet to find any definative answer. It will make the car harder to turn, it will give more caster, and it could give more camber as well, but it aparently changes the bumpsteer and puts stress on the axles.
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Old Jan 17, 2006 | 04:31 AM
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i would leave it alone if you want it to handle awesome give it more negative camber but the downside of that is tire wear think of caster as how hard you want to steer more negative caster will put your car all over the road but will steer easier and more pos caster will allow more positive steering feel but harder to steer if it were my car i would leave it just about stock and a little higher on the right side to make up for road crown my 2 cents
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