yes i noticed that my tires leaned in right after the install. but i did take my car to the dealer the other day for an alignment and now my tires are straight. cost about 80bux. so they put on the camber kit for me? i'm guessing once the tires are straight, i won't have any tire wear issues....correct me if i'm wrong...

 

You're gonna need a camber kit. Your tires will be leaning inwards on the top and outwards on the bottom (Neg camber). I lowered my car 4 inches and the camber was real bad.

 

yup! you really need a camber kit like my bro's celica, the dealer said they cant rotate the car because of the thread wear it really not the same thread wear on front and back and of course they recommend the camber kit to have the same thread wear on tire from front to back, thats why my bro is looking a camber kit for his celica, he use lowering spring TEIN S-TECH about 1.5" from front to rear......

 

and you got TEIN S-TECH that can drop about 2" from front to rear DAMN! you really need a CAMBER KIT, you will see soon that your tire thread wear is not really the same as on the front.... except if you dont drive too much, i think you dont need to have a camber kit but if you drive a lot, i recommend to ya a camber kit cuz it helps to align you rear tire as like a stock before and it helps also to have same amount of thread wear on the tire at the front....

peace!

 

getting the car aligned fixes the issue bc yes they do use a camber kit. There are 3 parts to aligning a car. The pull (L and R), the camber and I dunno something else.

 

The S-techs on the tC are a 2 inch drop. Tein comes with a lifetime no sag warranty, so if yours dropped more then a 1/4 inch after you installed them, either you need to send them back, or you put them on wrong. I've had my s-techs on my car since it had about 80 miles on it and I haven't noticed any uneven wear on my tires. Also, we are a regional dealer for Tein and I've installed a lot of S-techs and never needed to install a camber kit with them. They are really nice springs and the ride is very close to stock.

 

The camber will be off with the s-techs. The factory specs are 1 degree of negative camber in the rear of the TC. Once you install s-techs you will get way more than 1 degree of negative camber. I've seen this first hand on a few TC's. The lower you go the worse the camber gets. The tires won't have any premature wear unless the camber is really extreme.Cars are what I do so trust me I know .

 

If I really wanted to take them off put the old ones on and wait for a refund maybe I would but I am not the only one who has the problem...they also settled more on the right then the left.

The drop is as follows
2.4" Drop Front
2.0" Drop Rear

more then 2 in the front....and regardless of the drop and how much it settled the camber was really off. It doesnt take a genious to figure that out.


And FYI- My 10,000 miles on these springs dont touch your 80 miles....with a drop over 2inches you are going to see a camber. If you dont I guess you are just the "lucky one" that or cant tell....mine was incredibly obvious. If I thought you could really see from the pictures I would post them for you.


I rest my case and there really isnt any point in quoting my thoughts again as all I was saying was that if you have a camber issue...take it to the dealer and for $70-80 you can have it aligned and fixed.

 

Here's another newbie question:

The question in this post asks about camber kits for cars w/ lowering SPRINGS, what if I were to buy coilovers instead? Would this still be necessary? I also understand that the lower you um...lower your car, the higher need for camber kit...so could one say that if you're only lowering around 1.5 to 2 inches, it wouldn't be as necessary as the guy who lowers it 3 or 4 inches?

 

You will still need a camber kit to correct camber. I have Progress coilovers and even at the highest setting which is a 1.5 inch drop, the rear wheels still have alittle negative camber.

 

Can these camber kits from Toyota be purchased by customers b/c i will do my own alignment?

 

Also, which bolts would i need b/c i know they have a selection for however much it needs? Here is the link to all the bolts and how much they adjust up to.
http://www.trdsparks.com/install/tCFWheelAlignment.pdf