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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 09:04 PM
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Get camber kits either way, these cars have aggressive camber to begin with... I still have to pick up the front camber kit
Not necessary. Get toe in spec, for rear, get toe bolts. Camber arms are only needed if you can't get toe in spec and if minimal tire wear bugs you, like OCD status.

Front camber, go with Cusco or SPC...SPL if you got money. Dranom is actually selling some SPL upper A arms for 375 or 385 I think. Sick deal for top notch upper A arms.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2010 | 09:10 PM
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coilovers all the way. If your going to do it, do it right!
 
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 12:21 AM
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what are camber kits and what are they for thanks
 
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 12:40 AM
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Originally Posted by thaistyle
what are camber kits and what are they for thanks
Its part of the suspension setup. Basically when you lower your car you increase negative camber....rather than your wheels looking straight like this:

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they will look like this (the more you drop the more camber you add...

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A camber kit is utliized to bring a negative camber back towards the positive direction to eliminate less inner wear, however, it's not the camber the really kills the tire's life, but rather the toe...the camber just aids to it.

Adding negative camber is helpful when going with a wheel setup that is quite aggressive, where you don't want to do body work to make the wheels/tires fit within the fender.

Most camber kits are to correct camber, however, there are some that are meant to add negative camber. Hope that helps explain it, if you got more questions I'm sure anyone else would be willing to answer.

Here's some better examples....

Normal:





Camber:





Please note that the cambered vehicle was meant to be cambered (to get the wheels within the fender). Not many people go to that extreme, but lowering your car will add some, nothing near that. Generally around -2 to -3 degrees for a big drop (what's pictured is -7.5 degrees for the rears.
 

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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 12:56 AM
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^ Pisto is this your computer chair?
 
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 01:05 AM
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Naw man...this is my chair...



And this is the sh*tty manual they gave me for it.



So I beefed it up a bit to this...



Invisible steplip ftw
 
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 01:21 AM
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lol
 
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 12:54 PM
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Youre not doing the front wheels on the chair? Must be on your to do list....
 
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Old Jan 12, 2010 | 01:00 PM
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Yeah...on the to do list lol. Need to modify the chassis for this one.
 
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