droping car soon. do you need a camber kit???
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From: kealakekua, hi
droping car soon. do you need a camber kit???
i just got my tein flex in and i was wondering if i needed to buy a camber kit and if so which one post pics if you have of a camber kit need one that can adjust camber and toe.
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Re: droping car soon. do you need a camber kit??? (masaaki86)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by masaaki86 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i just got my tein flex in and i was wondering if i needed to buy a camber kit and if so which one post pics if you have of a camber kit need one that can adjust camber and toe.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Integras have factory adjustable front and rear toe. And for a street car, thats all you need.
Lower the car, keep the additional negative camber from lowering, and enjoy. The camber is better for cornering, and won't effect tire wear if you get the toe set correctly. "Correctly" doesn't necessarily mean factory spec either (it was chosen for the stock suspension after all), and is something you're going to have to decide for yourself. I'm not the biggest fan of running the stock rear toe in, for example, though I currently am because my last alignment was done by an idiot who didn't listen.
Integras have factory adjustable front and rear toe. And for a street car, thats all you need.
Lower the car, keep the additional negative camber from lowering, and enjoy. The camber is better for cornering, and won't effect tire wear if you get the toe set correctly. "Correctly" doesn't necessarily mean factory spec either (it was chosen for the stock suspension after all), and is something you're going to have to decide for yourself. I'm not the biggest fan of running the stock rear toe in, for example, though I currently am because my last alignment was done by an idiot who didn't listen.
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Re: droping car soon. do you need a camber kit??? (98GSRDC2)
just dont drop your car more then 2 inches and you should be fine, just go get an alignment so you can zero out the toe. Toe will eat tires MUCH faster then camber will
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I am so sick of mis-information on this website.
"Lowering a car without a camber kit will 'kill' your tires". - No. Lowering a car without and alignment, an the resulting toe-out will kill your tires. My car has been lowered for over 140,000 miles now. I've never had a camber kit, and in that time I've only been through 4 sets of tires (1 no-name brand, currently on my 3rd set of ES100's).
However, from experience I can say that you will still see some wear from having negative camber, even with perfect toe settings. It will be gradual. On my car I have stock springs in front with Koni shocks on the lowest perch, factory toe settings, and my tires are showing some wear on the inside edge. But I've also had the tires on for about 20,000 miles now. In my opinion that's pretty reasonable. If you're pressed for cash and need your tires to last longer, just get the tires dismounted and flipped around on your wheels.
<--- needs to have tires flipped around real soon.
"Lowering a car without a camber kit will 'kill' your tires". - No. Lowering a car without and alignment, an the resulting toe-out will kill your tires. My car has been lowered for over 140,000 miles now. I've never had a camber kit, and in that time I've only been through 4 sets of tires (1 no-name brand, currently on my 3rd set of ES100's).
However, from experience I can say that you will still see some wear from having negative camber, even with perfect toe settings. It will be gradual. On my car I have stock springs in front with Koni shocks on the lowest perch, factory toe settings, and my tires are showing some wear on the inside edge. But I've also had the tires on for about 20,000 miles now. In my opinion that's pretty reasonable. If you're pressed for cash and need your tires to last longer, just get the tires dismounted and flipped around on your wheels.
<--- needs to have tires flipped around real soon.
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