do I need camber?

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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 11:58 AM
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do I need camber?

ok ok.. I have a set of Tom's X'Tant springs and it will drop my front 1.75 and 1.5 in the rear... with this drop, do I need a camber kit? or just for the front? Thanks..
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 12:00 PM
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with my prokit/ koni yellow setup my front end dropped about 2" and my wheels are slightly like this /-----\. there should be enough camber adj without a kit. ill let u know. i need to get an alignment.
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 12:05 PM
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let me know..

vxcl.. yeah let me know if I do need a camber with my drop.. and also i'm putting on KYB Gr2s... I just need my stock camber with these setup? thanks..
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 03:52 PM
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don't waste your money on a camber kit. With that drop you hould be fine. Camber kits all ride like shit, unless you spend 300 on ingalls. I'm currently switching from a 2.25" drop to 1.5" to avoid camber problems.
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 03:56 PM
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ill getting an alignment this sat so ill let u know. we are gonna print the readings before the alignment and after, plus what they should be. so u can see how much my drop changed the alignment. my front end looks like this.


again this is prokit springs used with koni yellow shocks on the lower perch. about 2" drop total. 1.4 springs and another .4 from the shock.
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 07:44 PM
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I went and had an alignment after installing my pro-kit, and the dude said the car doesn't allow for camber adjustment w/o a kit. I checked my readout and I'm just over -1 degrees out of whack. Acura reccomends no more than 1 degree either way. Was the dude the did my alignment bullshittin me about this camber adjustment stuff? Everything looks straight enough....
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 08:03 PM
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you car can be aligned with pro-kits just fine, take it somewhere else.
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Old Mar 24, 2003 | 11:53 PM
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thinking..

well.. I appreciate all of your help and info.. I was not really planning on getting a camber kit but I just want to make sure before I drop my car... I don't want to spend extra money on tires right away.. I think what I'll do is after I get my drop, I will go straight to a place that does a good job on alignment.. then always just check the wheels and tires if they are starting to get slanted.. hopefully it wouldn't so I don't have to spend money on camber kits.. thanks guys..
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