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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 07:13 AM
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I drive an 99 Acura 1.6 EL and I lowered my car this summer but i didnt install camber kit on my car. Now i have the choose between 2 brands and i would like to know which brand of camber kit is the best. Megan Racing Vs Ingalls.. What do you think guys?! Thank you!
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 08:16 AM
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 08:34 AM
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i think you need to get an alignment to fix your toe.
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 04:33 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DALUZOMB4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I drive an 99 Acura 1.6 EL and I lowered my car this summer but i didnt install camber kit on my car. Now i have the choose between 2 brands and i would like to know which brand of camber kit is the best. Megan Racing Vs Ingalls.. What do you think guys?! Thank you!</TD></TR></TABLE>
So were your camber and toe specs from the alignment you should have gotten after you changed the ride height?
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 05:48 PM
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i didn't do the alignement on my car yet..
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 05:52 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DALUZOMB4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i didn't do the alignement on my car yet..</TD></TR></TABLE>
So what makes you think you need to spend money on a camber kit?
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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 04:04 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DALUZOMB4 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i didn't do the alignement on my car yet..</TD></TR></TABLE>

Get an alignment, and don't worry about a camber kit.

Any tire wear you're seeing is because the toe is out-of-spec, NOT because of negative camber.
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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 09:50 AM
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lol. i love this triple team on newbies...
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Old Nov 16, 2007 | 08:19 PM
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thats interesting.. thanx for the info.. i didn't know that!!
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Old Nov 19, 2007 | 04:18 AM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Tyson &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lol. i love this triple team on newbies...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Changing the misconceptions, one n00b at a time
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