I took my car to my local tire place to see if there was a way that I could adjust the camber without getting a kit... the mecanic said there is no way he could do it without a kit because the rear wheels are links in so many different ways that it would take a hand grenade to get the wheels to move



if you have any updates on rear camber kits please let know

 

Hey Delmiroc,

How out of spec is the rear with the pro kit installed? Mine is gonna be put in this tuesday and i am curious as to what i should expect. i'd love to know where i could get a camber kit also. i thought that SPC performance had one that would work but now i am not so sure. I think i'll call them tomorrow myself.

 

No personal experience with this, but from half a dozen other reports, the rear camber needs to be within -1.3 degrees, and the max adjust with the Pro-Kit is -2.2 degrees.

 

so is -2.2 camber bad? or just a little off, i don't know much about this stuff...

 

The TSX rear multi-link has no camber adj.

I have a 2000 Accord--same deal. I have an Eibach rear camber kit.
A rear camber kit replaces one of the upper control links with a unit that contains an ajustable rod end. Thus you can set camber.
Don't worry one will hit the market eventually for the TSX.

-2 deg of camber isn't life or death. I drove with -1.5 for a long time before getting a kit, just rotate tires more.

Another option would be to see what Honda uses on FP equiped 03-04 Accord coupes, see if honda has a different control link part to compensate for the lower ride height b/c of the kit it may fit the TSX too.

 

I emailed spc several days ago on this subject and received no reply.

 

The topic of camber on lowered cars has been discussed numerous times in other message boards. Many people are worried that negative camber will wear out tires quicker. One thing to keep in mind is that toe out or toe in will chew up tires much quicker even with a zero degree camber. When I had the 18" wheels/tires on my Prelude, I had about -2.5 degrees of camber all the way around. But I kept the toe settings at zero in both front and rear. With more frequent tire rotations, I was able to get a little over 36k miles on the high-performance summer tires. 36k miles on the tires doesn't sound a lot if compared to some all-season tires, but it was very good for a high-peformance summer only tires with that much of negative camber.

 

Bingo. You are right, toe-in/out will chew tires. I'm not up on what the TSX calls out for. I'm hoping 0 degrees.

 

There are other benefits to having camber adjustment other than tire wear. To much negative camber in the rear on a front wheel drive car will cause the car to understeer more. It is more desireable to have more negative camber in the front than the rear on a front wheel drive car. If you are just dropping your car for looks then don't worry about it, rotate your tires more frequently, but if you want the car to handle do it right and add a camber kit.