Does anyone know if it is dificult to instal a front camber kit on a 97 accord ex? Is there something I should watch out for, can i even do it by myself? I got camber issues so im looking into buying a ingalls kit the best price I found is 130 shipped is that good?
Thanks
Ian.

 

the price is fine, the install should be straight foreward

just unbolt the upper pivots, swing the UCA out, remove, and install, and place it back, get an alignment.

how low have you gone? and have you tried to get it aligned w/o the kit? toe wers more than negative camber

 

I have neuspeed race springs and the front tires on the inner walls i can see the threads.

 

did you ever get it aligned?

toe wears the tire

if they can set your camber back within stock spect you will not need an alignment kit

just have them set your toe to zero

 

Yeah, your toe is going to eat up your tires 10x faster than the camber will.

 

the UCA will hit the chassis. I think the camber kit is going to push it out too far.

 

how is this so? i have an ingalls kit, and i have no such experience......

 

OK well no one will allign my car iv taken it every where. They all say the same thing "its too low for our lifts"

 

I don't have one or know anyone else that has one.
Installation will be as easy as installing UCAs. Getting your camber aligned will be the hard part. And if you move the UCA out too far, the end of the UCA can come in contact with part of the chassis in the fender well.

 

No, it happened to me when I had a Sprint camber kit... the UCA was pushed out too far, and hit the body of the car, causing the upper ball joints to fail... I had to replace both UCAs...

 

thats what happened to me.

 

thats odd. i have HR race springs, i i can get on any life. when i had my car slammed 5 inches, it would still get up on a lift or 2. check your yellow pages, and go to a local shop that does alignment, not tire kingdom or some place like that. theyll try to rape you. i can get my front and rears aligned for $40.

 

There are a lot of places now that won't align lowered cars... and places that do know this and try and jack you wallet as a result... Well, that's the case in this area...

 

the mechanics/shops i trust in this area are VERY few and far between, almost non-existant

 

sorry to bring up this topic again, but I didn't want to repost and get everyone mad. Yes I did search, but didn't come up with too much on my question. I just picked up some neuspeed sport springs (1.7"/1.8") from a friend, they are already broken in so I'm guessing they will sit around 2.0" when I install.

My question is do I need a camber kit? If a camber kit isn't installed how will this affect my tire wear (15" stock alloys)? Any help/comments are appreciated.

 

Dude, like, you need to get an alignment after the install to find out what your camber is first

 

Let me rephrase this... typically does one need a camber kit when installing aftermarket springs? I'm really not asking if I need a camber kit, just do you think my camber will be way off after installing these springs. Yes, I am a newbie.

 

It depends. Any normal person shouldn't need a camber correction kit. A 2" drop should be within -2.0 degrees and that's just fine. Toe is what you want to worry about.

 

how can u stop toe wear????

 

seems like getting a straight answer from these guys is impossible. to correct your toe if you dont know howto do it yourself, youll need to goto a wheel/alignment shop and get your alignment first to see if you even need it corrected. toe makes your wheels point outward like this

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the little diagonal lines is what your tires look like with incorrect toe, if you have really bad toe than your tires are going to wear and cause blow outs on you all the time, especially on the free way and at high speeds! get it fixed. call around to different shops, try to find one that has a "swing in" lift, these will get under our cars.. shouldnt be more thant 50 bucks, 80-100 at the most, that's if you get ripped off, but beleive me its worth it in the long run!!! hope that helps. peace


[Modified by urbantrain, 5:29 AM 4/30/2002]

 

buffalo sucks, that is why they can not do the alignment.