Considering a mild drop with Eibach Pro kit with oem 19s.

Since this is my daily car, I really don't want to spend the money on camber kits.. Does anyone have the Eibach Pro without camber kit? If so, how long did your tires last?

My Hankook V12s actually lasted 40k miles.

 

If you do it, definitely let me know. I'll sell you brand new Eibach springs. I just purchased my g, and the seller included them BNIB in the trunk, but I don't think I want to use them because I frequent speedbumps lol.

OR, if you do and don't buy these from me, let me know how it rides and how low it actually goes, because I CAN avoid the speedbumps, I'm just lazy lol

 

you will be just fine without a camber kit. guessing your specs will be around -2.5 deg where as factory specs are around -1.5-1.8

 

How bad is -2.5 deg camber considering the life of the tires?

 

The prokit will only cause -1.7* camber all around. The drop is 1.2/1.1" IIRC. I may be off by a tenth of a degree, give or take.

Each inch of drop = -1.5*

Most people need camber kits. At minimum the rear, but it's a very good idea to get the front too.

 

Looks like the rear camber kit is only $50 at Tirerack? I can definitely do that to save my rear tires... but th efront is $480

http://www.tirerack.com/suspension/s...ned+Suspension

 

The Eibach pro kit should not introduce that much camber. I'm lowered on 350z Tein S.Techs, and I'm running -1.5* on the left, and -1.7* on the right in the front.

The rear is a different story. I had to get SPC arms, because I was running -1.8* on one side, but -2.2* on the other.

By the way, those kits on TireRack from Eibach for $50 look like they're just camber bolts. Those won't really help much...they're more for fixing minor camber issues on extremely small drops. You'll more than likely have to get a set of arms for the rear of the car if you want to fix your camber issues.

 

Honestly if your toe is within spec you should be OK. If you want to bring your alignment back to OE specs, a camber kit would do the job. In my opinion though, if you make sure your toe is spec, camber kits are not necessary for mild drops.

 

Sry for bumping an old thread, but i just picked up a pro kit for my coupe. Looking at Eibach's website, it says that by dropping your car by 1 inch, you will have -.75deg front camber change and -.50deg in the rear.
Edit: Those are just averages
I'm going to run mine without a camber kit for a couple of months and ill let you guys know!

 

Just be sure to get an alignment!

 

You'll be fine with the Eibach kit but you're not wanting to spend $$ and lowering don't correlate! Depending on how far you drive and what kinda tires you buy you'd be better off putting out the cost of the SPL camber kit. Quality 19" tires cost no less than $1200 a set which is about what it would cost you to lower your coupe the right way....springs/camberkit/install/alignment. If you're worried about spending that kinda cash maybe you're better off leaving it alone and enjoy the ride....Gary

 

Eh its not that i dont want to spend the $, i just have no problem swapping the OEM springs back in if i need to. Luckily we have AMAZING roads out here in AZ
But thanks for the advice Gary, ill have to keep that in mind if i see some serious tire wear!
Def planning on getting an alignment after a week of having them on, will post up how that goes when i get back in town in two weeks.

 

Curious what are quality tires that cost no less than $1200 a set???

 

Check out www.tirerack.com most name brand 19" tires will cost you more than $300 each. Just 3 of my Michelin's cost $1200 and I'd be lucky to find them that cheap....Gary

 

just when i was thinking to go from my 18s to 19s...lol...i think ill wait.