Is anybody here lowered on springs with stock shocks? I lowered my car and had an alignment done but the cambers are hella negative. any suggestions on camber kits? I noticed there aren't many options for camber kits out there.

 

Why do you want a camber kit? The stock suspension allows for adjustments for camber/caster/toe.

Stock alignment has camber -.5f/-1r for US spec and -1f/-2r for UK spec.

 

yea stock is more then enough!

 

Yep, our alignment is fully adjustable from the factory. Take it to a place that knows what they're doing.

 

I just lowered mine on Neuspeed springs with stock shocks - i took it a guy who sets up the suspension on second hand and new Aston Martins and Lambo's - he came highly recommended. My drop was just over an inch and he had a lot of adjustment to do (i think it was slightly out before the drop and way more after). His comment was that it was set up perfectly now (he adjusted toe, camber, align etc. etc.), but he noted that if the drop was any lower, that he would have struggled to get it right as it was almost adjusted as far as it would go.
In summary, you should be sweet with someone who knows what they're doing unless you've totally dumped it on the standard shocks.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by bigmacnfries &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just lowered mine on Neuspeed springs with stock shocks - i took it a guy who sets up the suspension on second hand and new Aston Martins and Lambo's - he came highly recommended. My drop was just over an inch and he had a lot of adjustment to do (i think it was slightly out before the drop and way more after). His comment was that it was set up perfectly now (he adjusted toe, camber, align etc. etc.), but he noted that if the drop was any lower, that he would have struggled to get it right as it was almost adjusted as far as it would go.
In summary, you should be sweet with someone who knows what they're doing unless you've totally dumped it on the standard shocks.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Whether you're dumped on stock shocks or $50000 shocks, it doesn't change the amount of adjustment you have for an alignment.

The only way the ranges are going to be out of reach is if you want everything set stock and you're dumped.

You dont need to go back to stock camber. The reason you lowered the car is to get better performance out of it. So a performance alignment may be in order. S2000s eat tires because of the rear toe setting. So much more rear camber would REALLY make it bad. Camber by itself is pretty harmless. But coupled with toe, it's a tire burgler.

I run -2.5 front camber, -3 rear camber. Stock toe settings, and stock caster settings. I've had a lot of luck with that. I think the caster may have been adjusted as positive as possible....so maybe the caster isn't stock. It's been a while.


OP:
If it's your daily driver, try running around -1.5 front camber and -2 rear camber with stock toe specs. That should be liveable as far as tire wear goes....err...for an S2000 anyway.

 

I'm in socal (orange county) any suggestions on reputable alignment techs? lemme know places, names, and prices. thanks.

 

westend

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OP:
If it's your daily driver, try running around -1.5 front camber and -2 rear camber with stock toe specs. That should be liveable as far as tire wear goes....err...for an S2000 anyway. </TD></TR></TABLE>
i'll take that as food for thought. thats what i plan on running

 

It depends !

WHen you lower a lot (more than 2"), you won't be able to set the rear camber under -2° !

Use J's Racing toe for this !