Ive got a set of Skunk2 Race Springs with a 2.25" drop front and rear. I plan on gettin a set of Koni Yellow shocks to go with these... will this setup be ok on my 93 Si? I dont want any rubbing or anything... I have 15" wheels wit 205/55R15 tires on the car

 

That should be fine,I have skunk2 coilovers and have almost a 3" drop from stock,and it clears the tires no problems.You will need to get camber kits unless you have a tire sponsor.

 

camber doesnt kill tires tow does. 2.5" drop will be fine.

 

Drop ur lude 2.5" and drive around for 4 months,then tell me u dont need a camber kit.

 

i did it for a year and a half and tires still looked new

 

Than ur lude is super,because I have never seen a drop of more than 2,2.5" that didnt require one to ride "right" on any honda.....lude,civic,integra,accord.Not saying that its impossible,but I would have to see it to belive it.

 

im willing to bet that the ones you saw did not get a tow alignment after they were dropped. that makes all the difference in the world

 

speaking of all this, i already have my drop put on and had honda align everything to perfect specs and put new camber kits in so my 17s would not rub. i need to replace the front two tires, when i do this does my car need to be realigned?

 

No, u will be fine replacing tires.

 

ok sweet thanks. what does rebalancing mean. everyone talks about mounting and rebalancing

 

its just putting on weights to balance the rotation of the tire do it doesnt wobble

 

Camber doesn't cause tire wear, the toe does.

 

i know that. I just had my camber correctly set because camber wear can still occur. reading alot of those post it seems like everyone seems to think camber wear never occurs. my toe was correctly set by and i was running 205/40/17s with a neuspeed 2 inch drop in the front 1.8 in the rear. the tire tread was amazing still but becasuse of the drop and camber not being set properly i wore the tires out so fast that the mesh was visible and they had to be tossed even though they had 70 percent tread left on them.

Get your toe and camber correctly set.

 

Negative camber does cause uneven tire wear....its simple physics.

 

the camber wear occurs around the sidewalls of tires for those who do not know, so even a nice pair of tires had to go to the garbage because of improper camber.

 

The left tire has toe wear the right tire has camber wear.

 

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Truth.

 

thanks i was going to post a picture. the camber wear for mine was not nearly as spread out. it was really just focus on the sidewall. make sure you check the inner tire because thats where it happens.

 

Mine also,like the most inner 1.5" of tread......gone in 4 months.....brand new bf's.

 

Yeah, depeding on the degree of camber and tire size you will usually have similar wear on the shoulder of the tire when dropped a significant amount.

 

Not the kind of wear I had. My car is stock height (0.1 and 0.3 deg of pos camber, who knows why), and the toe was off. The insides of the tires were gone as in the camber wear pic. But I had positive camber, not negative... How do you explain that one?

 

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did you get an alignment after you dropped the car? or did you go 4 months with no alignment? the alignment is key for even tire wear negative camber or not. when you drop a car your tow angle changes, espiecally with a 2.5" drop.

 

With pos. camber I dont know, I'm guessing you had toe out and/or improper inflation, but I'm not a tire expert by any means. I just did a bunch of research when I was in the market for a drop and some wheels/tires.

I did find the Wheel and Tire section on here to be helpful.

 

anybody remember what low pro tires on 17s are suppost to be at. i have not driven my car for over a year and im about to start again in a few weeks and the tire pressure is off. isnt it like 40psi?

 

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did you get an alignment after you dropped the car? or did you go 4 months with no alignment? the alignment is key for even tire wear negative camber or not. when you drop a car your tow angle changes, espiecally with a 2.5" drop.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes, don't know how many times nonvteclude is going to have to repeat himself before you guys beleive him.

Tire wear will be amplified with incorrect toe settings, but as long as you get an alignment you will be fine. Toe does change with ride height, so an alignment is necessary.