im just wondering how do people get there wheels to go inward like this. Also is it bad to drive like this or does it wear out the tire faster

 

Camber kit

 

yeah thats negative camber, it looks cool(and lets you go lower) but it wears your tire out faster

 

streched tires aswell

 

so camber kit with streched tires? I dont need lower control arms?

 

No, but if your going for that look you might as well get them.

 

i think he was solely reffering to the camber

 

you dont have to stretch your tire to run neg camber

 

I cant imagine that's very good for ride or handling.

 

lol, what is handling? haha


it looks good though

 

negative camber for for ppl who can buy tires every month... and thats not me.... haha

 

Debatable.

 

Don't be that guy.

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thats sick

 

The reason people run such high amounts of negative camber, is to stuff wheels with a low offset behind the fenders & quarter pannels. The stretched tire aids in reducing rubbing issues.

If you lower your car, you will see small amounts of negative camber. To get more, get a camber kit. As long as you run less than 3 degrees of negative camber and get the toe zeroed out, the tires shouldn't ware any faster than normal. I'm not here to debate treadware, though.

Personally, I think all that negative camber looks retarded. The wheels on that red hatch look good from the side, but the rear looks like ***. I've never heard of somebody doing this just to point the wheels inward, and make their car stand like a duck.

 

The tires should not be like this. I don't think it is very safe. It is difficult to say accurately. But it should be avoided.

 

Lol

 

It's also a consequence of going after that low offset/wide wheel look. Seriously who the $*%$ put's 8+" wheels on a Honda? I'll be glad when this trend is over.

 

You want camber?

 

Damn. It hurts just by looking at this picture.

 

^^ I'll bet that thing is incredibly hard to steer.

Even if you remove the shocks & springs all together and set the car on the ground, you will not see the amount of negative camber some of these guys are running. It's absurd, IMO.

 

So I am actually curious to know how do those guys actually get that much camber ? Custom upper control arm? Does anyone know?

 

Camber kit...

In the front, it's usually an upper control arm replacement. In the rear, it's a link that they call an upper control arm...

 

Yup.

Lowering gave my DC2 around -2* of front camber. SPC UCAs were then used to get to -4* up front (which is beyond what most people would want or can get to without aftermarket parts). Really, I just needed a way to easily change camber values to try and find the "sweet spot" for my driving style, my car, and my tires. Turns out it was around -3.4* or so.

That's the primary use of a camber kit, to fine tune camber for a car used for competitive purposes.

 

its upto what you want, the look or the ride? personally I don't like to strech type, because I don't want to waste a pair of good performance tire which I normally pay good money for good tire. I would go for negative camber, but not very much unless I am going on to track. for road use, I normally focus at toe. but all that just me.