i was wondering if most of you guys with front and rear camber kits installed it yourself or had a shop do the install? how much was the install, if applicable?

 

Looking around 300 bucks for the install. Dyi takes about 45 mins to do.

 

45 mins for front and about an hour for the rear.

 

Not too difficult.

The fronts will take about twice as long as the rears to install. I can install them if you are in Socal. PM me if you are interested.

 

im on the east coast.

How hard is the DIY install? say if i was able to do bolt-on installs, intakes etc, would i be able to manage with the camber kits? or is it totally different?

btw, this is on an 07 sedan AWD.
thanks

 

^I'm not sure how much more difficult the AWD is. Is id def more of a challenge than installing an intake since you need to be under the car and need to break loose some pretty heavy hardware.

 

It was pretty straight forward in my opinion. I did the fronts using jackstands on my driveway. Set caster to zero and camber to the middle before you put the arms in. On Eibach springs, my caster / camber came in perfectly within spec.

The reason is once they are in, it is very difficult to check the torque on the camber adjust nut on top of the arm. The clearance to too tight between the tire and the fender to get a torque wrench in there unless you take things apart again.

 

hhmm...this sounds like a good challenge and im sure if my friend and I attempt it, we could get it done. however im also scared to mess anything up.

so is $300 about right for an install? seems like alot.

 

the stillen website has a step by step (with photos) on how to remove and install aftermarket camber kits... if u cant follow that you should be riding the bus

 

i went looking for the install instructions on the stillen website and couldnt find it. Do you have a specific link to it?

 

Front - http://blog.stillen.com/installation...-installation/

Rear - http://blog.stillen.com/installation...-installation/

 

thanks for the links. it provided pretty much everything i need to know. the rear install seems easy enough for me to do, however the front concerns me a little. I notice that i would be able to do everything i want all at once...meaning eibach springs and front and rear camber kits. its gonna be a good summer...thanks for all the help guys.

 

IMO, installing camber kits are a breeze. The alignment part is the impossible part, unless you have an alignment machine. You can actually get the camber close to 0 with a vertical bubble level, but then the toe will be all out of wack. You'll feel the car pulling from all different directions on your way to an alignment shop, I wouldn't go faster than 40mph, barely 30mph.

 

Being that that's my car.. I would agree 100%.. driving to the alignment shop, it was like what in the world did I do.

Camber on the front was dead on though after the install turns out.. once properly aligned cornering was improved, and tire wear went back to normal..

Was getting about 6,000 miles per rear set of tires before the proper alignment.. now I'm at 12,000 on this set and things look great..

 

When installing a camber kit, does a toe kit need to be installed at the same time?