What's the most you can lower your car without having to use a camber kit?
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Re: What's the most you can lower your car without having to use a camber kit? (matt98hb)
i'm about 3" lowered w/o a camber kit... 
In all reality, anytime you change the suspension geometry you are supposed to get an alignment & camber adjustment...
If you are wondering how far you can go before you chew through tires, I recommend 1.6-1.8.
In all reality, anytime you change the suspension geometry you are supposed to get an alignment & camber adjustment...
If you are wondering how far you can go before you chew through tires, I recommend 1.6-1.8.
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Re: What's the most you can lower your car without having to use a camber kit? (kingmonkey)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kingmonkey »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You can lower a Civic up to 1.75" without throwing your camber off. 
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Changing your ride height .5" will change your camber... 1.75" is where a NOTICEABLE change will occur
</TD></TR></TABLE>Changing your ride height .5" will change your camber... 1.75" is where a NOTICEABLE change will occur
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Re: What's the most you can lower your car without having to use a camber kit? (kingmonkey)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kingmonkey »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You can lower a Civic up to 1.75" without throwing your camber off. </TD></TR></TABLE>
I don't think so. I lowered my car about 1.5" and did not get a camber kit. Now my tires are completely bald on the inside.
ANYTIME, you lower the car you should adjust the camber. Unless, you want negative camber for handling purposes. If you want to distroy a perfectly good set of tires then you don't need a camber kit.
But if you value your $100/ea. tires then I recommend buying a camber kit. I did my suspension a long time ago, when I didn't completely understand how important it is to do the job right the first time. I figured that the tires would wear out and I planned on buying new ones, but I didn't think that they would wear out soooooo fast.
</TD></TR></TABLE>I don't think so. I lowered my car about 1.5" and did not get a camber kit. Now my tires are completely bald on the inside.
ANYTIME, you lower the car you should adjust the camber. Unless, you want negative camber for handling purposes. If you want to distroy a perfectly good set of tires then you don't need a camber kit.
But if you value your $100/ea. tires then I recommend buying a camber kit. I did my suspension a long time ago, when I didn't completely understand how important it is to do the job right the first time. I figured that the tires would wear out and I planned on buying new ones, but I didn't think that they would wear out soooooo fast.
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Re: What's the most you can lower your car without having to use a camber kit? (SpyderZEX)
I thought all vehicles were given negative camber in order to grip a curve better in the first place, which would lead to eventual inner-tire balding. But this is why we rotate tires. 
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Re: What's the most you can lower your car without having to use a camber kit? (matt98hb)
My car has about 1.5 fingers of gap, gets me about 1.8 degrees of negative camber in front and 1.5 or so in the back, IIRC. My toe is set to 1/8" total toe out in front, 0 in back. I get totally even wear.
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Re: What's the most you can lower your car without having to use a camber kit? (matt98hb)
if you do a search, there is TONS of threads on this same topic.
here's a good one i created: https://honda-tech.com/zero...age=1
tonyXcom & kommon_sense know whats up. id listen to them.
here's a good one i created: https://honda-tech.com/zero...age=1
tonyXcom & kommon_sense know whats up. id listen to them.
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Re: What's the most you can lower your car without having to use a camber kit? (kingmonkey)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by kingmonkey »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You can lower a Civic up to 1.75" without throwing your camber off. </TD></TR></TABLE>
thats what mine is and im doing fine with tire wear....
</TD></TR></TABLE> thats what mine is and im doing fine with tire wear....
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Re: What's the most you can lower your car without having to use a camber kit? (binkster)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by binkster »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
thats what mine is and im doing fine with tire wear....</TD></TR></TABLE>
My tires looked good too, until I got under the car and noticed that the front two tires are completely bald....
thats what mine is and im doing fine with tire wear....</TD></TR></TABLE>My tires looked good too, until I got under the car and noticed that the front two tires are completely bald....
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Yes cars have natural camber from the factory. But it is less than 2 degrees. This is why we rotate tires. When a car is lowered any height the camber is affected. Having adjustable camber is a great advantage anyway, why not go ahead and do it!
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