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andrave
09-14-2003, 08:09 PM
Ok I have Tein S tech lowering springs and my car has some pretty negative camber in the back. So I'm going to take it in to get it aligned. My question is, will I have excessive front camber problems too?
Should I
1) Get some front camber correction bolts and take it in to get aligned?
or 2) take it in to get aligned and if they say its got too much camber in the front, THEN get the front camber bolts. they come in +/- 1 or +/- 2 and I don't know which ones I would need. It didn't lower it much so I can't imagine I'd need more than 1 degree of adjustment, if any.

what do you guys think?

Fastback180
09-14-2003, 10:16 PM
Rember what we discussed?

andrave
09-14-2003, 10:43 PM
yes, but even though its only 25 bucks, if I don't need camber adjustment up front, its 25 bucks wasted.
so whats the deal? should I spent 25 bucks I might not need and get it aligned, or should I go and get it aligned, accepting the fact that I might be sacrificing some tire life?

Dousan_PG
09-15-2003, 07:18 AM
christ how many times do we have to cover this

CAMBER DOES NOT KILL TIRES



TOE kills tires

TOE

not camber

Toe


t-o-e toe!!!!!!

i ran -3.5 degrees camber normal wear at streets for months and months..track..now that's a different story!

but on the street, i know LOTS LOTS of people w/ -2.5 on streeet tires last VERY LONG TIME!!

Replicant_S14
09-15-2003, 01:42 PM
but on the street, i know LOTS LOTS of people w/ -2.5 on streeet tires last VERY LONG TIME!!

Yup, it's fine.

andrave-
Do you know what camber you're at right now? (front and rear).

I have some camber correcting bushings (Whiteline) for the rear waiting to go on. My car isn't very low either but I need them to get the rear camber slightly more upright than what I have the front set at. It's a handling preference tho, the tire wear is not an issue at all.