Hi I have some 15x8 +15 offset xxr 501's with 195/45/15 (I think) tires. My ride is close to stock height atm and I was wondering when I do lower them how do I go about adjusting the camber? I believe I have adjust it negatively? Or would it be fine lowering it the way its sitting right now? Thanks in advance for your responses.

 

Most people say tire camber doesnt matter (unless you do alot of burnouts). I personally always put on a camber kit cause I'm hard on tires already as it is, and dont like the look of a negative camber. But if you do choose to get a camber kit you will be wanting to adjust them to a postive camber. When a car gets lower on stock suspension it causes a negative camber. Just make sure you get an alignment after you lower, and if you rub you might want to consider rolling the fenders out a little.

 

With that offset I'd guess you'll have trouble lowering it more than 1-1.5" without worrying about the fender lip. I've got +38 and there's noticeably less clearance than stock.

 

I am on skunk2 coils, but not sure if there is a camber kit and I do have my fenders rolled already. I guess all I would need is an alignment after I lower after reading around a bit more. But thanks guys for the responses.

 

Look to see if there is a camber kit front and rear. If there is what I would do is fix your camber when you adjust your ride height, and get an alignment after you are all set. Because I kind of doubt that the tire shop is going to be interested in doing that for you. They tend to be happier keeping things around stock spec and it might take some driving around to find out what rubs and what doesn't.

 

Ur gunna have to run a good bit of negative camber. Witch is horrible on tires.(they wont last long at all!!) if u drive this car everyday u should def sell those wheels and get some wheels that arnt so aggresive.

 

excessive toe kills tires more than camber

 

K? Negative camber Still wears very fastif ur runing more than like 2 degrees. I was runing -4 degrees on my dc and i had it aligned right after. Tires lasted about 3 months dailying it.

 

-4 is just retarded

 

I ran -4* of front camber for 4 years. 32,000 miles later, and I ended up tossing the tires from rubbing damage. There was still 4/32" of tread left, and perfectly even wear across the entire tread face.

There are really only a few ways massive negative camber "kills" tires:
1) You can't drive reasonably (burn outs, excessively hard braking)
2) You fail to run correct tire pressure
3) You fail to run a reasonable tire size (stretched or super low profile tires)

In all circumstance, it's driver / owner error...

 

You do realize that the right amount of negative camber increases your contact patch, so it is actually helpful. Toe is what will really eat up tires if its not set properly.

 

Yea its retarded! Thats y the ***** gone. And yea i was runing streched tires and wide rims. Witch is y i was runing so much camber....

 

id like to see that da from the side. I wanna see the tire clearance as it sits now.

 

Lol I agree, I bought a car with a swap and they swapped it their selfs and didn't put the tow back my car would hop when I braked.

 

Whitch da?

 

the one the op posted. It would answer a lot of questions i have myself about the fitment