I drive a 2001 4DR civic ex. I am running Eibach sport springs on an otherwise stock setup. There is over 140K miles on the car. I am getting excessive tire wear on the inside of the tires in the rear set, and i am looking for ways to fix it. I don't really have a budget but would like to keep it as low as possible. I don't pretend to know anything about the suspension and alignment of my car. So any type of input is greatly appreciated.

Here are the stats after my last alignment over year ago.

Front
camber L -.59 R -1.16
Caster L 2.31 R 2.23
Toe L 0 R 0

Rear

Camber L -2.57 R -2.51
Toe L .04in R .03in

My plan to install some shocks in the next month or so, not sure if this will help. Do I NEED struts also? Camber Kit? Like stated above any type of input or recommendations is greatly appreciated.

 

You could probably stand to reduce rear camber a bit. 96-00 Civics have a much steeper rear camber curve than 92-95 Civics or 90-01 Integras. Maybe add some washers and longer bolts to the rear upper arms where they bolt to the car body. Search around for "washer trick" and you'll find info on that.

Front camber is fine, no need to change that.

Also be sure to rotate your tires every 5K or so. That will help keep tire wear more even all around.

 

For a daily driver that's a lot of rear camber, plus its not helping handling. Def do the washer mod.

 

Does the washer trick work for 01+? I was told it does not, and he has a 01

I do agree that he could deffinetly lower the amount of negative camber in rear.

Something else also caught my eye, the right side camber is double the left side.

 

oh crap I forgot the 01 Civics are 7th gen w/ Mac front struts. yeah that front camber does look a little odd being twice on the right what the left side is.

And I'm not sure actually about the rear. May have to get an actual camber kit for the rear to reduce it to about -1.5 or so.

 

Ok, I just wanted to make sure I wasnt given the wrong information.

The only way i know of, is to actaully get a camber kit.

 

oh yeah I see now... you need a rear camber kit to replace the #18 upper arms in this pic:

 

Hey thanks guys for the information. I think that i will probably end up buy some sort of camber kit to help reduce that. I definitely have NOT being rotating them every 5k miles so i need to get on that ASAP. I also found it very strange that my Front Right tire has alot more camber than its opposite side. Any suggestions on where i should start looking to troubleshoot.