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Old May 25, 2009 | 07:42 PM
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I've got a 98 4 door with H&R springs and tokico blues. the car rides okay but even though I've also got a shitty ebay camber kit the tires are wearing horribly in the rear and the front isnt too much better. my question is this.... I would like to have fully adjustable arms and whatnot as well as strut tie bars to tighten the car up as much as i can. What would you guys recommend I replace? pix would be awesome too if you can help me out with that. My motor is stock so I dont know that I can do a strut bar up sicne the intake is in the way.

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Old May 25, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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did u get an alignment, since toe does more damage to tires than camber
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Old May 25, 2009 | 08:20 PM
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yes but not for a while. The camber is still way off in the rear. the tires angle inward at the top.


one other question - anyone ever have the issue with one side of the car sitting slightly higher than the other side? I noticed this with the driver side sitting lower than the passenger side.
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Old May 26, 2009 | 08:22 PM
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Old May 26, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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yea my car seems to sit a bit lower on my driverrs side. Im going to assume its from the extra weight on that side since people use their cars solo a lot more than with people in it.
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Old May 27, 2009 | 02:28 AM
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Guys any help on this would be great. What arms and/or bars would I need on this job? pix would be great too. thanks so much
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Old May 27, 2009 | 06:23 PM
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Old May 27, 2009 | 06:40 PM
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You dont need anything. Get a 4 wheel alignment. He already told you its toe that wears tires much more than camber. Some negative camber helps with cornering grip. I run -2 degrees in front and -1 in back with toe set at 0 and perfect tire wear. strut bars are not necessary to have a good handling car. If you dont already I recommend getting a rear sway bar and subframe brace. A great setup is the ASR brace and 22mm ITR sway bar. Can be bought as a kit at many online stores.
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Old May 28, 2009 | 06:38 PM
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thanks for the info. what shocks and struts do you have then? and you do have a camber kit correct? anyone else help? thx
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Old May 31, 2009 | 10:06 AM
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