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From: Redwood City, Ca
Re: Camber (SOHC_MShue)
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1.5 in front and 1.75 in back......slight negative chamber in the back, none in the front.
Have rear chamber kit sitting in the house.
1.5 in front and 1.75 in back......slight negative chamber in the back, none in the front.
Have rear chamber kit sitting in the house.
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From: Las Cruces, NM, USA
Re: Camber (Spade)
You don't need a camber kit unless your car is lowered more than 2.5". It is not the camber that kills the tires, but the toe settings from after you lower it and don't get an alignment. Having no negative camber is not the way to go; every car has some amount of negative camber. Don't even worry about a camber kit, especially only lowering the car 1.7".
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Re: Camber (SOHC_MShue)
Just get it realigned and that will solve some of the negative camber problems. Otherwise get ready to pay out a lot of money to replace those tires all the time.
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From: chicago, IL
i say anything lower than 1.5 will need a camber kit. I dunno bout civics but in integras for there rear, I did the "washer trick" and it worked great. I then got an ingalls style in the front. Tires will wear at least twice as fast if you have bad camber. But remember if you are too low and correct your camber, you might hit the top of your tires on the fender.
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Re: (xx dc2teg xx)
Every car is different. Depends mainly on the rims and tire you have, as well as spring rate.
Also depends what plans you have for the car, auto X or drag and such.
Normally if you Auto-X you will want a -1 to a -2°, mainly -1. But depends how hardcore you go into it. I've seen -3° and -4 on some cars. The reason you want more negative is for hardcore cornering, the chassis weight shifts and you have a full contact patch on the ground for best cornering.
As for drag, of course you want 0 all around, especially in the front.
Also depends what plans you have for the car, auto X or drag and such.
Normally if you Auto-X you will want a -1 to a -2°, mainly -1. But depends how hardcore you go into it. I've seen -3° and -4 on some cars. The reason you want more negative is for hardcore cornering, the chassis weight shifts and you have a full contact patch on the ground for best cornering.
As for drag, of course you want 0 all around, especially in the front.
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