2.0" drop/ Wheel Camber
#1
2.0" drop/ Wheel Camber
I went in to the local spring shop and they were tellin me that if i did any 2" drop that i would need a rear camber kit. I was just wonderin if anyone has a 2" drop without a camber kit.
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#3
ive had hotchkis springs for 2.5yrs and just installed rear camber links in the beginning of the year. i noticed a big difference in stance and will save the life of your rear tires. SOME people on here have gone to shops to where they can fix the negative camber back to stock specs. my local shops were unable to which is why i purchased hotchkis rear camber links.
#4
there's a lot of people here with Stechs and most of them had said that getting it aligned was all that was needed. I personally have Htechs and the alignment was all that was needed...but it's not a 2" drop
#5
Originally Posted by Yanki01
ive had hotchkis springs for 2.5yrs and just installed rear camber links in the beginning of the year. i noticed a big difference in stance and will save the life of your rear tires. SOME people on here have gone to shops to where they can fix the negative camber back to stock specs. my local shops were unable to which is why i purchased hotchkis rear camber links.
#7
Originally Posted by tcCAlI
Originally Posted by Yanki01
ive had hotchkis springs for 2.5yrs and just installed rear camber links in the beginning of the year. i noticed a big difference in stance and will save the life of your rear tires. SOME people on here have gone to shops to where they can fix the negative camber back to stock specs. my local shops were unable to which is why i purchased hotchkis rear camber links.
#9
Originally Posted by yellowxhoodie
i was on s-techs for 6 months with no camber kit or alignment and didnt see any irregular tire wear.
#14
Originally Posted by Dr_Isotope
Camber doesn't wear tires. Toe does. Adjustable camber links are for adding camber, not taking it away. I ran -2.5º in the front and -2.0º on my Honda for two years with no uneven wear.
#15
Every time the attitude of the car changes, the camber angle changes. It will not adversely affect tire wire until extreme angles are reached, like -7º. Toe angle will wear tires rapidly, as you are essentially driving across the tread of the tire, so it's constantly "scrubbing".
#16
Originally Posted by Dr_Isotope
Every time the attitude of the car changes, the camber angle changes. It will not adversely affect tire wire until extreme angles are reached, like -7º. Toe angle will wear tires rapidly, as you are essentially driving across the tread of the tire, so it's constantly "scrubbing".
Oh ok i see what you mean. I learn something new today...lol
#17
Well i just got mine aligned today after a little over a month with sTechs. They said everything is fine. but the rears still look the same. ( the look unbalanced a little nothing major) Does anybody have a picture of a bad case of this. i guess "too much camber" im not sure if a have that right.
So should i just go ahead with a camber kit?
and if i do, is there any noticable performance upgrade? (handling)
So should i just go ahead with a camber kit?
and if i do, is there any noticable performance upgrade? (handling)
#18
as far as i know my rear camber and toe is within spec ( i got 2 inch drop in the back and 17's) BUT on the front the camber is off by half degree so i need to get camber kit, well its only 30 dollars...
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I have hotchkis springs and I never got an alignment. I have slight negative camber (which I've heard isn't necessarily a bad thing, also confirmed by doc I above).
I rotate my tires every 5k miles (everytime I do my oil change) and I check tread wear every time with one of those little credit card meters you can pick up for free at discount tire. So far no noticable uneven treadware and its been 15k miles...
Just throwin that out there. Just seems to me like everybody is afraid of any neg. camber....
I rotate my tires every 5k miles (everytime I do my oil change) and I check tread wear every time with one of those little credit card meters you can pick up for free at discount tire. So far no noticable uneven treadware and its been 15k miles...
Just throwin that out there. Just seems to me like everybody is afraid of any neg. camber....