My 94 accord 4dr has been lowered 2.25" front and rear. The front camber is clearly far off. The top of the wheels tilts in ad the bottom tilts out> just as any lowered car. As of now I have almost new tires on there and I don't want them to become improperly worn, or have my car look dumb...so I need help with camber. How many degrees do you guys think it is off? It's just that I am trying to find the correct camber kit and they have ranges of adjustment. Anyone wan tot recomend a kit, I am pretty sure i will need both the front and rear kit. Thanks for any help, Ian

 

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Doesn't matter. You need to have an alignment done to set the toe to prevent wear to the tires. Even if you buy a camber kit, you will still need to have the car aligned.

 

MY bro has a 95 Accord which is dropped probably 2 to 2 1/2" (coilovers).
He has (I'm pretty sure) Ingalls front camber kit and has nothing but problems with it. I personally don't like camber kits and would just shim the rear a little, have the toe put in spec, and rotate the tires every 3-5k

I had a Skunk2 kit (front) on a 98 Civic years back and it was a waste of money

My 2 experiences with camber kits which is why I don't use them anymore

 

Usually I don't recomend camber kits, but the accords suspension geometry causes massive camber gain when the cars are lowered (at least on the older ones I've seen). You should definently look a bit deeper into camber kits for the car. The alignment shop will set the camber for you when you get the alignment done (Sears lazer alignment only costs $62 and they work on altered suspension).

Do your research on each brand of camber kit available for the car first though. Make sure people are using them (don't buy new untested stuff), recomending them, and have nothing but good things to say about them for your car before you purchase one.

PS: When camber looks really off, its usually about -3* (negative number = tilts inward at the top), so research kits that adjust +3* or more...

 

i prefer just to run with the -3 degrees of camber and have it aligned than mess with camber kits, fenders and the rest of it. As long as your toe is OK the tyre wear is acceptable (to me anyway!).

 

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how long do your tires last without a camber kit and the toe set? even though everyone says only toe affects tire wear, i know camber has to affect it. people wouldn't go out and buy camber kits just for the fun of it if it didn't prevent significant tire wear.

 

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how long do your tires last without a camber kit and the toe set? </TD></TR></TABLE>

I have gotten way more life out of my Azenis and Yoko ES100s than anyone could possibly beleive.

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Camber makes the tires more sensitive to toe, and effects how the tires wear. So yes, it has an effect, but it is not the cause of the wear.

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It's because peoople don't get an alignment. You can set your car to have 0 camber, and that will allow you to run more toe than factory spec. I have seen cars that have been 'dumped' with camber kits get uneven wear with 0 camber; because of the extreme amount of toe added.