All you efers with dropped cars 2 inch or more especially hr race springs, do you absolutely need a camber kit when it is dropped or an alignment can do most of the job.
i ask because camber kits are 150 and i rater save the cash for something else
i know it isn't needed but how bad will my tires wear if i just get an alignment after suspension install without the camber kit
thanks
how off from oem specs will it be?

 

My camber is like - 1*-1.5* and its dropped 2.25" I'm fine as I have good alignemnet like toe-in etc. and I dont spin tires. So a set last a while except in autocross

 

The only adjustments that are available on a Honda from the factory are Toe-in and Caster (real pain to do in front though). You are dropped enough to invest in Camber kits-if you want good tire wear and correct settings.

 

My car was +1* of camber when i got it tho cause it was in a accident so i donno.

 

My car has -3.2 degrees in the front, and -1.8 degrees in the back, and is lowered about 2". I had the toe set correctly (actually custom for me, 1/16 total toe out in front, zero toe in the rear) and the tire wear is pretty normal. I honk around corners all the time, and do lots of highway driving, and after about 10,000 miles of driving on a brand new set of tires, camber wear is just now barely starting to show.

 

i have the h&r race springs, with 2.25f and 2r, camber is -2 all around,

tire wear is noticeable but not tremendously bad, camber kit would be usefull but not worth the $150 too me

 

I had 2 1/2 degrees out with a 1 3/4 drop. Tire wear was bad enough for me to install a progress camber kit. The new tires I ran for about 5000 miles and had barely any tread on the inside 2". Camber is now back to 1 3/4 degrees. So far so good. I reccomend.

 

seriously, it depends on the car. i'm fine with a 2.5 inch drop and -2.7 degrees camber front, -1.78 in the rear. no wear problems at all.

It's the toe that is the main problem, not the camber.

 

this is on a 89 dx hatch

 

Rexman is totally correct. After I lowered the car and took it in for the alignement, the toe was 3/4" total toe out in the front, and about 1/4" total to out in the rear. Those are the numbers that trash tires in a hurry. Its not the camber that kills the tires. Sure the ihgh camber numbers will wear the tires faster than normal, but not anything like 5,000 miles. Like I said above, 10,000 miles of pounding around turns, and highway driving, with -3.2 degrees in the front, and -1.8 degrees in the rear and just barely noticeable camber wear on the fronts, and nothing noticeable in the rear. And mine is an 89 STD Hatch on Tein coilovers with 205/40-16 Dunlop FM901s, pretty soft tires.


[Modified by Jaker, 2:26 PM 12/30/2002]

 

I camber a -3.8 because of a bent contol arm

 

i think camber kits is worth it when you have had your car for awhile. When you buy nice tires you would prolly wanna keep em nice for as long as you can .. or you can always flip em .. that always looks cool .. car looks much better, performs much better, and you save money on tires in the long run.. camber kits

 

I have a 91 CRX Si and I want to drop it 2". So all I would need is the springs, Shocks, and a camber kit and I would be set? THakns
Matt