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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 01:44 PM
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Default camber/tire wear problems after dropping the EP3

I have 17" rims with 215/40/zr17 tires and i just dropped my ep3 on eibach sportline springs. (1.5 back/1.4 front).

Before i dropped it, i noticed that the outside of my tires was wearing a little bit, but now the inside started to wear. I was once told that a good allignment can fix that without ******* with the camber, is that true?

if not... has anyone here been able to alter the cambers without buying a camber kit? or what camber kit is good if im on a budget?

Im new to this, so help me out. thanks
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 07:24 PM
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Get an alignment. At this time, you do not need the camber kit.

More than likely your TOE is causing the inside tire wear. The alignment shop should be able to fix your FRONT CAMBER and give you an extra 0.5 degree. They have to loosen the bottom bolt of the Mcpherson strut to adjust for it. Good luck.
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 07:25 PM
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i always thought that u only needed camber kits if u dropped more than 2 inches
but since u only got spings and not like a sping/shock kit that were made for
eachother u might need to get a camber kit
clubrsx.com has ingalls kits for like 150 front and back
go to an alignment place and see what they tell u first though
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Old Nov 10, 2003 | 07:26 PM
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Default Re: camber/tire wear problems after dropping the EP3 (Ep3-4-EVA)

hows the ride wit those springs
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Old Nov 12, 2003 | 12:08 PM
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The ride is very nice actually. I thought the stock suspension was nice as far as smoothness goes, but its actually maybe even a little bit smoother now. I had coilovers on my other civic and people always told me that nice springs are a way better ride than any coilovers, im glad i listened. Eibach seems to be as good as people say they are!
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Old Nov 12, 2003 | 12:14 PM
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You will probably need to get alignment first. i didnt get mine yet. its been about 2 months but oh well.
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Old Nov 14, 2003 | 12:59 AM
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i heard you can go for a while without camber kits...also, little camber is good for control
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Old Nov 15, 2003 | 05:10 PM
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what up ilya...its matt. Just go and find out what those numbers mean and go from there, you probably wont need a camber kit
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