im buying ground control coilovers now i would like to know what camber kit brand should i buy! i heard of hard race ksport and skunk2 and if i need the toe-kit?! i want to lap with the car, please help thanks

 

skunk2 pro kit front,(version2)
I like the SPC rears, very solid then what Ive compaired to ingals, skunk 2 etc

 

streets closed pizza boy..

 

What makes you think you need a camber kit(s) anyways?

 

Bc he doesnt want to be hella flushed or stanced. damn.. You should know by now. that its much easier to slam your car 5 inches and throw a camber kit on it then do it the right way and take it to a shop.


God you guys are such noobs. Damn.

But back to topic, Skunk 2 is crap. Buy good name brand stuff.

Just my 2 cents.

How low are you wanting to go on the car anyways. You said you were going to track it, what are your measurements gonna be

 

I have Skunk2 Pro series camber kits on my car front and rear. I use them to make the wheels/tires fit under the fenders...and because I wanted more neg. camber for track use.

The car sticks a ton better now with more front camber and wider tires. Anyway, no issues with the kit yet. I think the Pro Series is much better than the regular one. They have poly bushings for the rear and the fronts seem to have a pretty beefy looking ball joint.

What's with all the Skunk2 bashing? As long as the ball joint quality is good, I'm happy with the kit. It seems good so far.

 

i have Skunk 2 pro .. so far very good quality and everything

 

I think Skunk 2 Pro series camber kits are one of the best if not the best off the shelf kit you can buy that have the same features and price range as the rest of the companies. That being said, I think they are the biggest pieces of **** I've ever put on a car. The bushings are garbage and the design has many flaws.

The Skunk 2 Pro series PLUS camber kits however are a far better product for not much more. I have come up with my own camber kit designs but I lack the tools and motivation to ever make a hard product. There are some things I firmly believe to be correct need a spherical bearing. The downside is wear, noise, and cost.

Recently viewing their website I see that say they changed the bushing design to help them last longer and avoid the unseating and other stupid problems. Also they have recently changed their ball joints which allow a lot more movement, which definitely was a problem!. With these new changes to the products I am saying I would be willing to take off the older Skunk 2 stuff just to put the new stuff on. But at over $400 for the damn things you best believe I won't be making the change anytime soon.

 

The pro PLUS is helpful for the 96-00 civic chassis as the bushing is integrated into the front UCA. So you'd want poly since aftermarket rubber bushings are awful. Poly vs. Rubber is the only difference between pro and pro plus (front). So...not a factor for the DC since you can re-use the OEM bushing.

The rear pro kit came with poly bushings. I doubt they'll tear. They're fully floating...and the rear UCA really isn't under that much pressure. The metal part of the arm seems to be designed well.

 

You guys are taking this thread too far. I think OP is one of those folks that have "heard" that a camber kit is needed after lowering, when in reality it probably is not, especially on the DC2 chassis.

Camber kits are nice when there is a specific camber value that you want/need to be at for a specific purpose. Otherwise, for the typical street driven/occasional HPDE car, they aren't needed.

Unless OP is slamming the car, then it is just a matter of tire wear as handling will be crap anyways.

 

One of the reasons I'm looking for more camber in front is because I can see my front tire is rolling over on it's side wall (Dunlop Z1SS). The wear on the rear tire looks fine however. I'm hoping that dialing in more camber will put more tire on the road during a corner and reduce the amount of push I'm experiencing.

 

im lowering about 3 to maybe 3.5inch i dont want to be slammed hella flush or stanced as for the measurements i never did track yet so i dont know yet i dont want a camber kit just because i ''heard'' i needed one when lowering... also some of you say good stuff about skunk2 what about the other bands?? and what are the ''good'' brands some of you are talking??

 

Yeah...if you lower your car 3.5" or more, a camber kit will be the least of your problems.

Sounds like you need to do a bit more research based on what you want to do with your car and how you should achieve that result.

For the record, if you tend to lower your car 3.5" or so, you're going to need some very stiff springrates and shocks valved to match. Otherwise, you'll be bumpstop-bouncing all day long. And with that, you're going to have one hell of a harsh ride if you drive the car on the street for any amount of time.

 

LOL I want to lower 3 or 3.5 inches but don't want to be slammed...........

 

3" with 17's shouldnt be that low, i have 2.5 on 15" right now and the spring rate im getting is 10k front 10k rear

 

What does wheel size have to do with anything? If you are lowering based on "appearance", then you are probably in the wrong forum.

 

im not lowering based on appearance but wheel size means they are not 15" they are 2"bigger so the 3" that i am maybe expecting to drop wont make me slammed to the ground and ill still be able to have a good handling on the car

 

Again, wheel size doesn't mean anything when it comes to lowering a car. It is obvious that you're not really sure what you're doing.

Now, if you said tire size, then I could buy that argument. But, a taller tire will mean more rubbing and that means you won't be able to lower the car as much.