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Old 04-09-2002, 04:24 PM
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How low can u go?

Does anyone know how low you can drop your car before you need to add camber kits???
Old 04-09-2002, 04:50 PM
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From what I hear, drops over 2-2.5 inches will most likely warrant a camber kit.
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My car has about an 8" drop and it doesn't need a camber kit at all. My alignment is flawless
Old 04-09-2002, 08:04 PM
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I heard if you go any lower than a pro kit (2 inches) you'll need it.
Old 04-09-2002, 08:05 PM
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yo nicky

if 4pumped is riding 8 " lower than maybe we should take his advice lol
Old 04-09-2002, 08:41 PM
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actually aaron, it looks like the toe on your front's may be a little off ... otherwise
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Originally posted by 4pumpedCL
My car has about an 8" drop and it doesn't need a camber kit at all. My alignment is flawless
I thought our ground clearance was only 7 in somthing.. u must be sitting it on the ground
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i'm not an expert, but, isn't toe and alignment different things?
toe is vertical (up and down)
alignment is horizontial
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Originally posted by bnavarro
i'm not an expert, but, isn't toe and alignment different things?
toe is vertical (up and down)
alignment is horizontial
no, alignment covers toe, caster and camber.
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toe is (looking down from above)

wheels looking like this: / ------ \

camber is (looking from front or back of car):

wheels looking like this: / ------ \

caster is some other thing.
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i have h&r race springs, lowers f. - 2.2", r. - 1.75". aligned perfectly w/o a camber kit.
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Btw, my comptechs lowered my front exactly 1.5" and rear exactly 1.0". I plan to drop at least another inch all around with my coilovers for starters, check the rear camber, and then drop the rear another half inch if I can without too much camber. Our rear cambers and our front toes, it seems, when we drop. The camber can be fixed with a kit, but of course that straightens the wheel out so you might rub which means you can't drop it that low so the camber kit is sorta self-defeating because when you get it you'll just have to raise it back up around to the point where you wouldn't need the kit anymore.
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