Anybody here ever taken their car to a chassis shop to do camber adjustment? Well here in south florida there are 2 places that specialize in camber adjustment on lowered cars and alignment. I called them up and asked them how they do the camber adjustment and they explained to me that on the back of my car they would install a camber kit, and the front they have a special tool that they use to bend the spindles. My brother took his 97 accord a couple years back to do his camber adjustment and till this day it seems to be fine. Anybody else ever take this route on fixing camber?

 

uhh anybody?

 

I dont know about bending any suspension part. I believe that once its bent, its weakened. Also, if u do have it bent, theres no going back, unless you buy new parts. Why not just get a camber kit for the front? It may not correct it totally, but hey, negative camber is part of the lowering a honda game.

 

Ya i just lowered mine today and it has some BAD - camber.

 

I HAD some badass camber. Was lowered about 2.5". I got the SPC Balljoints for the car, and they look great. $50 install form a local professional alignment shop, and they were a breeze to get setup.

Odd thing, though. The top bolt is a 22MM. ???

Just weird, I had to go buy a wrench for it.

 

any update on this?

 

Brought this one back from the dead i see.

 

Wow........mothballs

 

i dont know about bending any suspension parts. Just like fourthgenhatchB17 said, i think it will be weak.

Camber does not severly wear out your tires anyway, so I never worry about it so much. Worry about the toe, thats what wears your tires.


Modified by MR5sARECOOL at 4:43 AM 1/13/2005

 

does not sound like a good idea

 

Depending on the quality and knowledge of the alignment shop, I don't see a problem with bending the strut. It's just a mild steel cast item.

I know that they do this sort of thing on ford trucks that have the "I beam" front ends.

I'd be real worried if the shop hasn't done that sort of thing before however.

In other words, it's up to you to judge the capability of the shop!!!

Wes

 

Wow heating up spindles to bend them. Think I would stay away from that. Go with balljoints or I saw a post where it moves the a-arm out. bending no way

 

I have heard about this before and many say it works, I would just inspect the knuckles/spindles right after to see how they hold up.

 

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.....it's an old road-racer's trick.

I had my 5-lug itr spindles put in a press and bent a degree or two to get the camber I needed when installing on my EF. No worries.

It's not like a severe bend or enough to weaken them.

-hth

 

As stated above, guys think about it. Camber is in degrees, you would only need to bend it a few degrees. Hardly anything to worry about if u ask me.

 

sorry i konw this is an old post but we bend spindles all the time (hydraulic press) to change camber. there is no pressure on the spindle as far as suspension goes, only on the shock and strut. weve never had a problem

hope it helps