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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 04:47 PM
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Yet another alignment thread

I have my new rims and eibach pro kit suspension, I've let it settle and got a rear camber kit installed. Everything on the rear is fine but the front camber is non adjustable and these are the specs when I had them aligned, how bad is that in terms of tire wear? Am I better off buying a front camber kit too?

 
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 05:38 PM
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Almost 3 degrees of neg camber on the Front Right is pretty bad IMO. The left front isn't that far out of spec but you're going to see some nice tire wear on the right front.

I've always been a proponent of "doing everything right" the first time. Which is why I got the front adjustable A arms. It's really up to you. Generally, since the G is a RWD car, you don't eat up front tires as quickly, but that's pretty far out of spec...
 
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 05:43 PM
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Why do i see lots of coupes having camber differences between front right and font left wheels when they drop the car? U should be around -1.2 on both front tires with an inch drop.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 07:04 PM
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Man! You have the same exact problem as me, except yours is worse! Look at you wheels, does it look like one side is much more negative than the other?

See my thread: https://g35driver.com/forums/brakes-suspension/235244-just-got-alignment-done-help-reading-specs.html
 
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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I had a similar problem with the passenger-side camber as well. Took it to the Firestone on Cave Creek and they got both my fronts within spec. Try them out. I bought the lifetime alignment for $120 so I can have it done as many times as I want.
 
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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^Front camber is not adjustable though, how did they do it?
 
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Old Jul 30, 2008 | 11:28 PM
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I actually think that the first shop gave me crappy measurements. According to the specs from the first shop, they didn't actually change anything significant. I took it to the second shop and their before specs didn't even match the after specs from the first shop. The second shop had a newer machine and the techs were talking to me about suspension and what they actually do during an alignment. All of my cambers are maxed out while still being in spec...barely.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 03:01 AM
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I guess I'll have to pick up a front camber kit then once I sell my stock 19's anyone have any suggestions on which kit will give me the most flexibility with adding positive camber?
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 07:51 AM
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look into spc or 350evo arms.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by diesel86
I actually think that the first shop gave me crappy measurements. According to the specs from the first shop, they didn't actually change anything significant. I took it to the second shop and their before specs didn't even match the after specs from the first shop. The second shop had a newer machine and the techs were talking to me about suspension and what they actually do during an alignment. All of my cambers are maxed out while still being in spec...barely.

That is what I'm going to do!
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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I guess I'll have to pick up a front camber kit then once I sell my stock 19's anyone have any suggestions on which kit will give me the most flexibility with adding positive camber?
SPL (will allow ~+1.0 pos camber adjustment) , 350evo, and SPC. SPC will actually give the most pos camber adjustments when using the spacers that come with the kit. But IMO the spacers are a PITA.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 11:18 PM
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Originally Posted by 05GRide
SPL (will allow ~+1.0 pos camber adjustment) , 350evo, and SPC. SPC will actually give the most pos camber adjustments when using the spacers that come with the kit. But IMO the spacers are a PITA.
Thanks for the input I ended up getting the SPC, hopefully should arrive soon, and I'll get everything fixed before my trip to cali.
 
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