00ebpSi Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 ok, my CivicSi is dropped 1.7 with tein-s, i just got my ingals camber kit.. The question is what degrees you guys set the camber at? and im not sure how much my car is toein. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optional187 Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 look in the manual and see what the camber is stock and set it to either that or 0 degrees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLontheDL Posted February 19, 2004 Share Posted February 19, 2004 im not sure but i think pro mechanics align cars using a computer to get it close to stock alignment. same goes for camber i think? another way i heard you can align is to move the struts until they're straight. <~~~thats a new one to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optional187 Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 take your car to a shop and have them give you a print out of what your specs are (camber, toe, etc)...you can have them set it back to stock, or tell them to set each to your prefered specifications. you'll probably just want stock so that you don't go through tires faster, but if you know what your doing you can give yourself a little negative camber, and toe in to make your car handle better. but unless you know what your doing, don't mess with that stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROFILES2000 Posted February 20, 2004 Share Posted February 20, 2004 0 0 0 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carta79 Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 I agree with setting the camber to 0'. You should have went to a Town Fair Tire or something after the drop for an alignment printout. How did you know that you even needed camber correction to begin with? Did your tires bow out ?/ \ I wouldn't think that's a big enough drop to effect camber all that much. You probably could have gotten away with a four tire alignment and frequent tire rotations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
optional187 Posted February 21, 2004 Share Posted February 21, 2004 my civic was only lowered 1.8 with tein's and i ate through fronts within 15,000 miles. my eclipse is only lowered 1.7 in the front and i'm worried that the same thing is going to happen. i need to look into a camber kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carta79 Posted February 22, 2004 Share Posted February 22, 2004 Excessive toe is the most common cause of tire wear. People often lower their car, yet don’t get it aligned. In lowering their car, they pick up excessive toe and then shred up a set of tires. Also people get camber kits just for the tire issue. They spend upwards of $250-$300 to try and fix something that wouldn’t be a problem if you rotate your tires often and align your car in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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