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Old Mar 7, 2012 | 06:03 AM
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Yes, I know how Hondas have negative camber dialed, and what it does and how it allows more rubber to the ground.

OEM rear camber on the 8th Gen Accord is like -3.2.

Just wondering what will happen if I set it to something like -1.0?

This is for DD, and not track use. I'm asking because, negative camber is great. But often today's tires are 235 wide. That's already a lot of rubber on the ground.

I'm not saying I'm going to adjust my rear camber to -1.0. Just discussing the theory.
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Old Mar 7, 2012 | 06:06 AM
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yea im trying to figure out a good camber set up for my integra myself bc its my daily and my car has way too much negative camber rite now and its all adjustable parts already installed. i was thinking of setting it to -3 in the front and -2.5 or 2 in the back to get some more rubber on the road
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Old Mar 7, 2012 | 06:27 AM
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Default Re: Less Negative Camber

It allows more rubber to the ground on the outside wheel when cornering, the inside wheel will have less rubber to the ground, but it is the outside wheel that will have the most load.
-3.2 seems a lot for a street car.

If we had flat roads and drove in a straight line we would not need any camber, the stock camber settings on cars is a "happy medium" and will differ from one car to another, it is the setting the manufacturer has determined will give you the bast gas mileage and handling. 94
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Old Mar 7, 2012 | 07:02 PM
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Default Re: Less Negative Camber

Originally Posted by GoLowDrew
Yes, I know how Hondas have negative camber dialed, and what it does and how it allows more rubber to the ground.

OEM rear camber on the 8th Gen Accord is like -3.2.

Just wondering what will happen if I set it to something like -1.0?

This is for DD, and not track use. I'm asking because, negative camber is great. But often today's tires are 235 wide. That's already a lot of rubber on the ground.

I'm not saying I'm going to adjust my rear camber to -1.0. Just discussing the theory.

Not sure where you got that information from, but the rear camber spec on 8th gen accords is not -3.2

The rear camber on 8th gen accords should be set at -1.0 unless it's a v6 with 18's then it should be around -1.2


Did you have your accord alignment checked?
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