Is this camber kit good enough??

[mazenb9981]

I need to lower my car with Eibach sportline which lower about 1.6" . I am wondering if I need any camber kit. And what you guys think of this camber kit http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33581&item=7949635504&rd=1
Thanks for all of your help

 

[Eclipsei95cl]

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I was wondering the same thing..

 

[ITSME4G63]

looks decent to me, I think you can get camber kits for cheaper though.

 

[mazenb9981]

But would you still need cambers for a 1.6" drop??? and do other kind of springs matter for a drop?? I found these on ebay that give 2.25" FRONT DROP 2.00" REAR DROP http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...&item=7950986287&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT

 

[97TSIAWD]

After lowering any car, any height you should adjust the camber, not doing so is going to give you uneven tread wear or even worse. I would lower the car also the same height front and back, I see no need to lower your car at unevenly. I think those are mostly sold for a rwd car so that a taller slick can fit under the back and when launching squat more in the back.

 

[Spidey]

You don't always HAVE to get a camber kit, it all depends on how low you go. You can run negative camber and NOT eat tires if you choose to, you just need to get an alignment and be positive your toe-in/out is as close to zero as possible.

FYI, I run Sportlines and unknowingly bought camber kits for the front when they were not needed, all I really needed was an alignment to zero out the toe and I could've gotten away with the -1 to -1.5º of camber. The rear is what will need the camber adjustment, but with Sportlines you can only correct it so much in the rear before the tire will rub the fender lip. You can do the VFAQ method in the rear to reduce the camber as much as you can before rubbing, then get an alignment and zero out the toe again.

97TSIAWD - you might want to do some looking around, MOST of the springs for us are not an equal lowering amount front to rear, this is because the cars are different heights f/r from the factory.

Cliffnotes = with Sportlines no camber kit is NEEDED for the front as long as you get an alignment with zero toe-in/out. For the rear you can use the VFAQ method.

 

[housegsx]

But would you still need cambers for a 1.6" drop??? and do other kind of springs matter for a drop?? I found these on ebay that give 2.25" FRONT DROP 2.00" REAR DROP http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...&item=7950986287&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT

$80 ebay junk. If it seems too good to be true it usually is.

That camber kit looks fine. I have the eccentric bushing type, not the sliding type, but I'm sure they're both about the same. Yeah, you will definitely need a camber kit with sportlines, more so in the rear.

 

[97TSIAWD]

You don't always HAVE to get a camber kit, it all depends on how low you go. You can run negative camber and NOT eat tires if you choose to, you just need to get an alignment and be positive your toe-in/out is as close to zero as possible.

FYI, I run Sportlines and unknowingly bought camber kits for the front when they were not needed, all I really needed was an alignment to zero out the toe and I could've gotten away with the -1 to -1.5º of camber. The rear is what will need the camber adjustment, but with Sportlines you can only correct it so much in the rear before the tire will rub the fender lip. You can do the VFAQ method in the rear to reduce the camber as much as you can before rubbing, then get an alignment and zero out the toe again.

97TSIAWD - you might want to do some looking around, MOST of the springs for us are not an equal lowering amount front to rear, this is because the cars are different heights f/r from the factory.

Cliffnotes = with Sportlines no camber kit is NEEDED for the front as long as you get an alignment with zero toe-in/out. For the rear you can use the VFAQ method.

Well since my car already came with the Eibach pro-kit installed I don't have to look around. One question though would be why if the car came from the factory with either the front or rear higher would you want to level the car by ordering springs with different lowering heights, why not order uniformed springs to lower the car but keep the height differences that were built by the factory, if not for some greater purpose like racing? Also, camber is going to be relative to everyone's own opinion, people who have blown tires from camber problems will argue with you from here till forever that you need a camber kit, others don't think it is important. However with the pro-kits that I believe have either a 1.3 or 1.5 in drop such as on my car, there was a big camber problem, it might also have developed from racing and launching but it was enough to destroy the tires that were on the car. If an alignment specialist not just someones opinion agrees that you don't need the camber kit, then you don't need one, but if your camber is noticeable just by standing behind the car, I would recomend a camber kit. Also though since you have knowlegde with the sportlines your comment to him is appropriate but for this instance only and not to other lowering springs, which may infact require a camber kit.