I went to get my car aligned, and was told that the camber kit was messed up and the mech couldn't finish the alignment till its fixed. I looked at both sides, and the both look the same. Tried to go to the web site to get good instructions but they only had directions for a 88 crx. And the stuff needed to fit the camber on there was waaaay different than mine. So this is going out to all you camber guru's, help me get my camber fixed, aligned, set to the proper degree.

91 CRX SI
Ingalls camber kit
16" ADR DTM's

PLEASE HELP!!!!
Will post pictures later to give you a better look at what I'm talking about.

 

Alignment shops are bastards. They usually see a dropped car and just don't want to touch it. Camber is something you can usually eyeball pretty well. If it looks straight to you, then it probably is, the alignment guys are just giving you crap. Try to find a place that does custom alignments, ask around town, there's usually a place.

 

I have no idea which kits you have. However the 88-91 CRX uses one of several depending on how you set up the car. I race in SCCA ITA and am only allowed to use eccentric bushings from Specialty Products up front. Since you have Ingalls I will assume your front parts are 3570,1,2, or 3. If they are 3571 or 3's the adjustment for them is made by loosening a nut and sliding the piece back and forth. (This is true for the polyurethane version too.) The Ingalls website (www.ingallseng.com) has instructions and they have toll free tech support as well. If you installed the parts yourself then you need to show the alignment shop what you have. If you went with the replacement control arms-that should be obvious by comparison (available from several companies). BTW: There is only one right way to put the Ingalls or Specialty kits on.- stud with flat side faces inward-slide area outward.
Now for the rear of your ride--Ingalls offer several solutions back there for a 2nd gen CRX as does Specialty and Progress. I'm required to use shims only. However my Civic is the same so I'll use it for this discussion. It has the control arms up front and fully adjustable Ingalls control arms in the rear. The rear arm has 2 mounts connected by an adjustable sleeve, similar to how tie rods are done.
Might I suggest that you find a real aligment shop that works on lowered cars. Even a Honda dealer with the latest Bean Visualigner machine can do it. I know because my dealer does it for the same price as Pep Boys, on all of my cars. The alignment on all of them is dead on. Just a little spice-you cannot really see the amount-but you will know its off when the tires wear on the inner edge due to Camber and toe-in issues.
I might not have a lot of grey hair, then again I don't have a lot of hair anymore-been there and done it


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