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Old May 21, 2009 | 06:30 PM
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Hello their muffin man if u read this to begin with or anyone else that likes to help..?
but anyone who has experience with the DIY camber washer trick im pondering to attempt to do this myself seeing how im mechanically inclined and ive done all the work on my car myself my car is not slammed its "Dumped" as id like to say lol but i have my car droped on function n forms type 1 full coil overs do you think it would be worth it to do the camber trick cuz my camber is bad haha heres a pic






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Old May 21, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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im not muffin but i can tell you that it wont work without pulling/rolling your rear fender/quarter panel or w/e
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Old May 21, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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You will hit your rear quarter panel regardless of it being the washer trick or an actual camber kit. If you plan on keeping it at that ride height you will have to have it aligned more often and verify your toe is always zero'd.
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Old May 22, 2009 | 07:13 AM
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whats the washer trick? will it work on the 98-02 coupes ?
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Old May 22, 2009 | 09:17 AM
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well im not to worried about it hitting the quarter panel alls im asking is if it will be aligned so the tires wont wear out which is camber? alignments , i want to raise the car but the coilovers came shorter the the original struts so regardless it will always be really slammed but im going to try to seeing how they are adjustable
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Old May 22, 2009 | 03:58 PM
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Ditch the coil overs. especially if they are cheap. Its a hassle to have to make sure the springs are in the right position when lowering the car back on to the ground after lifting the car on a 2 post lift. Even if the tires didnt hit the quarters, you still might not find a camber kit with enough adjustment. I have some on my car and I wish I just had some H&R springs! How is the ride quality?
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Old May 22, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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well they werent cheap they were a bit over 600 and as for the ride quality its pretty good its a Lil stiff but not to mmuch i like it its jus so low haha its cool but i use to have skunk 2's coil over sleeves with their sport shocks and its jus to bouncy i still got them i wanna sell them but no buyers but coilover sleeves = no good for me but i guess ima jus try the camber trick seeing how my vehicle is jacked up and the f22b1 head is off the block ima port that and the IM jus threw on some headers too :D
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Old May 23, 2009 | 03:04 AM
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Originally Posted by accord99power
whats the washer trick? will it work on the 98-02 coupes ?

I don't believe so, the washers are used with a longer bolt to push the upper control arm in the rear outwards (just changing the mounting location a bit) to correct some minimal camber, I think I have 6/7 washers that correct ~1.5-2 degrees of camber.
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Old May 23, 2009 | 05:33 AM
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hmm deffinetly going to look into this when i get work on the car, right now im jus relaxing i wanna get to it so bad but time...
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