I now give up. I am getting a camber kit. Initially, I wanted an Ingalls, but I just saw the skunk2 camber kit which is 200. Is it worth it?

I have heard of some people getting dents from the inside of the fender from the upper arm after camber kits. Since the skunk adjusts at the knuckle instead of moving the whole arm, is it less susceptible to this?

Second, if I get Ingalls, should I get the rubber or polyurethane bushings. How hard is it to lube them after they are installed, and what do you use to lube them?

I have not decided rather to get a camber kit for the back, or use the washer trick. My back tires never wear much anyway. I can't take the uneven wear on the fronts anymore. Thanks for any recommendations.

 

No opinions?

 

How much are you lowered? What are your camber angles? I have about -2.25 on my front wheels w/o camber correction, but w/ my toe-in set correctly and frequent tire rotation my tires are still fine after over 6K miles.


[Modified by PatrickGSR94, 2:36 PM 5/6/2002]

 

I am lowered 1.7 inches on sportlines. I don't know my camber angles. The tires are lasting about 10k miles on the front wheels, with excessive wear on the inside. I know 10k miles is a lot, but this is less than 5 months of driving for me. I just feel that I am getting my moneys worth if I wear out the whole tire at least.

Because of this, I have decided to get a camber kit, but I am trying to decide which. On my car, the tires are fine for about 8k miles, and then wear accelerates. By 10-11k the tires look pretty bad.

 

i have the skunk2 camber kit, i got it because of the reason you said...the tapping cause by other camber kits. id say its worth it.

 

10K miles is not alot. I have 22K miles on my current tires, 6K of that with my current suspension (stock before that) and my tires are still even all the way across, with at least 50% tread left. Have you had any alignment lately? Are you sure the toe-in is in spec? Here's how my car look, no problems at all so far:

 

I had an alignment done in January. The sportlines were installed in late December. Also to clarify, I can get 20k on the full set. For some reason, your 2.25 looks like my 1.7 drop. Maybe lower profile tires are not as forgiving when it comes to negative camber.

PS. I was going to ask where you are from, since I have not seen a Seessel's in 14 years, since I left TN. But I guess you are from TN also

98teggsr: How long did the install take?

Right now I am considering skunk2 front and the ingalls rear in polyurethane.

 

i didnt install it but they shop was done with the camber kits within a few hours, they just took long because of all my bushings.

 

I hate those damn dents under the hood by the struts. ugh

 

My camber angles are about -2.25 (2.1 left/2.4 right actually). My drop is a little less than 2"... not sure exactly the exact drop, I used the lower spring perch setting on the rear shocks to help even it out (too high in back after installing suspension).

 

I highly recommend the SKUNK2 kit. I installed it last summer myself. They are very "sout" pieces, much heavier than the stock control arms.

 

How long did the install take you? I need to check my helms to see what is involved in pulling off the upper control arm. I am glad to hear that they are sturdy in comparison to the OEM. I was a little concerned about this, since you cannot tell by the pictures.

 

depends on how much your camber is, sometimes is not just the camber eating the tires, also have to deal with toe,

if you have the money then go with Skunk2 cause they are easier to adjust, I have the first gen Ingalls and have to take them apart every year to lube them up, other than that, they work alright

 

Well Ingalls wins, since skunk2 is on backorder for a month. I ordered the kits from groupbuy, $253 shipped. I need cheaper hobbies.

 

hey man ... u'r car is dropped 2.5 ?? back and fornt or just front, and 2 at the back ?? do u need cambers for that or no ?? cause right now i think i am lowered at 1.5 with coilovers and i have the same car as urs .. color and everything .. and the cars stance is pretty nice, but i am thinking of going for h&r's race springs .. dropping 2" all around ... what do u think ??
thanx

heres my car now
http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~hgbawla...a/DCP_0047.JPG