to the guys with H&R Sports. are you using camber kits? and if you're not, do you need one? also how well will these work with tockico blues? thanks for any insight.

 

hey you know what, i have the exact set up you're refering to. i have H&R 1.75 front and 1.5 rear drop with tokico blues !! at first i didnt have the camber kit, but then i noticed part of the front tires were wearing away quick (only the front tires, the back ones were normal for some reason, maybe cuz of the extra .25 inch in the front). anyway, i got a camber kit, the tires all wear out evenly now.

another problem is my H&R springs are loosing it's tension. it's been on for couple of years. the ride was nice, really nice, it still is; but, occasionally going over a dip at a reasonable speed, the upper arm are where the ball joint is at hits the top of the wheelhouse =/ im not sure if my springs are wearing out or my shocks are going bad. but it's rare, im expecting it to hit more as time progress.

so in trying to help you, i need some help myself. are my springs bad, or the shocks bad?? i'll take some pics and post it tomorrow.

 

thanks man, i've got a skunk2 kit that i was debating on whether to sell or not, but i guess i'll be keeping them now.

 

you might need one but get a skunk2 its the best

 

Same setup here, except an Ingalls kit. Yeah, you need a kit cuz the inside of my front tires were ate up after about 7 months. Course, PatrickGSR will say it's toe in that eats up tires but I think he is just lucky cuz my toe was in spec and the tires still wore on the inside.

Hope that helps!

 

I too had H & R Sports 1.75 front, 1.50 rear and in a few short months it ate the insides of my tires really bad. I installed a front camber kit just yesterday and for the most part I hope this problem is resolved because i cant afford to be buying tires every 4 months. BTW, the place that I bought the springs and installed told me I would not have any inside wear on the tires....yeah right---Alignment was done after spring installation, go figure?

 

h&r sports, koni yellows, and skunk2 camber kit.

Camber is -1.3 all around. The backs have no camber adjustments. I could have gone w/ -1 in the front, but decided I'd ride around w/ -1.3 to see how i liked it before i did any adjusting.

I've had no problems w/ any of those suspension components so I recommend them all. I gotta say i love the adjustability of the koni yellows though.

 

I did the H&R sports w/ kyb agx... The front camber is only off by -1 on both sides.. Not bad enough to need a camber kit Les Schwab said.

 

kyb/agx is the way to go.

 

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yea also the tokico illuminas arent bad either...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Racer X &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Same setup here, except an Ingalls kit. Yeah, you need a kit cuz the inside of my front tires were ate up after about 7 months. Course, PatrickGSR will say it's toe in that eats up tires but I think he is just lucky cuz my toe was in spec and the tires still wore on the inside.

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The insides of my tires are down to about 2/32, but that is after 15,000 miles with -2.3 camber in front. I refuse to get an aftermarket camber kit. I don't want to deal with having to get it set right, and the possibility of it slipping, or hitting the inner fender seams, shock towers, etc.

I heard that a slight bit of toe-in (1/8" or so) can help even out tire wear in front, so I'm going to try that this weekend when I get my alignment checked again. I'm also getting my tires flipped around on the wheels, but only out of necessity, because I need these tires to last until next May when I'm done with school and start working.

*edit* oh BTW I'm on H&R Sport and Koni yellows, will be changing to Ground Controls as soon as I can afford it because these springs suck