when you lower your car is starts to get bad cambers like this /--\ right?

well.....is it possible for your car to be higher then stock and the tires goes like this \--/ ?? I dont know but maybe Im just paranoid.......but I am askin a serious questions.

 

You sir are completely correct.

 

well is there a name for that or something? How do i know if my car is higher then stock height? My tires looks pretty straight and even but I want to be on the safe side...(I dont know the original measurement before I dropped the car)



that gap is about 3 inches (from the top of the tires to the bottom of the fender). You guys think I would be on the safe side? No negative/positive camber...

sorry about the quality pic...had to resize.
Modified by learningn00bie at 10:23 PM 6/21/2004


Modified by learningn00bie at 10:24 PM 6/21/2004

 

\ / is called positive camber

 

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yup

/ - \ is negative camber.

 

first thing i would do is lower that beyatch

 

it was lowered .........(you can see the coilovers in the first picture)



but it was too lowered and I noticed the tire wearing unevenly...negative camber. So Im going on vacation this summer and my bro is going to use the car and I didnt want it to wear unevenly anymore so I put it back up pretty high...but I was paranoid that I might it up TOOO high that I might get positive camber. I asked some of the shop for an alignment but they said they dont align cars with coilovers =/.

 

Yeah, some alignment shops won't work on cars with "altered suspensions". Just call around to different places and see who will.

I wouldn't worry about raising your car too high. I've never seen a set of coilovers that you could actually set to a height that was taller than factory.

 

I would raise it up a lot, but not enough to be higher than stock. That way you're not too high, and your tires will wear less.

If your brother wears through tires, tell him to buy some. He is the one driving it after all.

 

just take it to an allignment shop with how low you want your car..they will fix toe (which KILLS tires) and check your camber..if you have really bad camber, get a camber kit or raise it up a little...that's the only way you'lll truely noe

 

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I live in a small town on a small island in hawaii. There isnt many shops here and so far, Ive called most of them. I already DID raised the car up...but my problem was that I was afraid I might go TOO high then I would get a positive camber.

Is there anyone here with a 6th gen sedan with stock height? If you dont mind, I would really appreciate it if you would measure your height from the middle of the rim (centercap) to the bottom of the fender. thanks.