RRE's camber correction kit good?

['97boostinGST]

My camber and toe aligments are all ####en up due to lowering the car and shit.
I went to go get an aligment couple weeks ago and the tech pretty much told me straight up that they are really bad.

Here are the before specs:

Front Left:
Camber: -1.8*
Caster: 3.4*
Toe: -.14*

Front Right:
Camber: -1.9*
Caster: 4.9*
Toe: -.27*

Cross Camber: .1*
Cross Caster: -1.5*
Total Toe: -.42*

Rear Left:
Camber: -2.2*
Toe: .31*

Rear Right:
Camber: -2.6*
Toe: .09*

Total Toe: .39*
Thrust Angle: .11*


Then he also told me that Mitsubishi does not specify front camber and caster adjustments so for that I had to purchase the entire arm section of the suspension.
The pair came out to be like $1200 PLUS labor...no thanks.

I came across RRE's camber correction kits and just wanted to know if people have had any experience with these? Seems like a straight forward installation instead of having to slap on new arms.
Thanks!

 

[GsXdSmKingGsX]

The owner of Road Race is about as hardcore a DSMer as any of us. I cant specifically speak for the camber kit but the rest of his products are pretty nice.

 

[ACM]

Your front camber/caster is perfectly normal for a lowered 2Gb, there's nothing to fix. You could increase the front camber for more front grip - I would however reduce your rear camber to somewhere between -1* and -1.5*, particularly if you leave the front camber where it is.

 

[PieEyedPiper]

Your front camber/caster is perfectly normal for a lowered 2Gb, there's nothing to fix. You could increase the front camber for more front grip - I would however reduce your rear camber to somewhere between -1* and -1.5*, particularly if you leave the front camber where it is.

Agreed.

To answer your question, your RRE camber kit will be as good as any. They cut up their own spacers/plates and you just stack 'em in there with the longer bolts they provide. I assume you know that they only make a solution for the rear - as ACM said, your front has nothing to fix (of course during your alignment they will correct your front toe, I recommend 0.00*) it's your rear that needs some camber correction. ACM's suggestion of lowering it to -1 to -1.5 is ideal.

A few bucks and 30minutes should have you straightened out enough to have the alignment shops get your toe corrected.

 

[my dreamt dsm]

Will I'm not sure of the front because I'm still looking around but if your curious for your back just purchase or make your own like the stm rear camber kit. I just got it and i'll install tomorrow to see how it goes. I'll be sure to make a review.
But if money is a factor the back isn't as important as the front. The front take more wear and weight so the tires eat up faster plus it being a fwd car.
I got a good deal from a local tech. He uses SPC which is an okay brand. Front and back installed and align for 250.
I'm still doing research myself and I'm also curious on the rre kit. Good luck.

 

[knochgoon24]

For the rear, just get 8 Grade 10.9 M10x1.25x30 bolts, about 40 M10 washers, and fix your rear camber for a fraction of the cost of that kit.

http://bellsouthpwp.net/a/x/axis06/

 

['97boostinGST]

Got it fixed with the link provided

 

[rs2nr]

Is that the same kit sold by STM? The kit consisted of washers right?

 

[knochgoon24]

STM just bags up bolts and washers that you can usually get from your local hardware/automotive store, then charges you shipping too.

I think my bolts were $1.30/ea and the washers were $6 for all of them. It was less than $20 for it all.

 

[rs2nr]

Cool man I considered stms but it just looked like exactly what you said,they bagged some bolts and washers, I'll just hit up the local hardware store.

 

[my dreamt dsm]

My back is okay. But does anyone know of a cheapy for the fronts similar to the back???

 

[knochgoon24]

The fronts don't adjust like the rears do. You either need an adjustable upper ball joint or eccentric bushings for the upper control arm.

 

[rx7ttlm]

I ordered some M10 fender washers from mcmaster.com and used some 10.9 zinc plated bolts. Most of the tuner hardware kits are small outer diameter washers that I wouldn't use. The washers are about 2.5 mm thick. If that's not a small enough adjustment I am going to be making some thinner ones for finer adjustments.

 

[hypergenesis]

so what bolts and washer sizes do you need for the camber? I need to align my rear wheels badly.

Also from what I read there is no simple camber kit for the front wheels and theres only one for the back correct?

 

[agarc023]

so what bolts and washer sizes do you need for the camber? I need to align my rear wheels badly.

Also from what I read there is no simple camber kit for the front wheels and theres only one for the back correct?

Did you happen to read the rest of the posts?

The fronts don't adjust like the rears do. You either need an adjustable upper ball joint or eccentric bushings for the upper control arm.

 

[hypergenesis]

Did you happen to read the rest of the posts?

Nah I did its just you never know if someone said false information so it dosent hurt to double check.

 

[knochgoon24]

so what bolts and washer sizes do you need for the camber? I need to align my rear wheels badly.

See...

For the rear, just get 8 Grade 10.9 M10x1.25x30 bolts, about 40 M10 washers, and fix your rear camber for a fraction of the cost of that kit.

Rear 2G Camber Kit Install

And with all the suspension work I have done to my car, you'd think I would know whether or not there was simpler way to correct the front camber.

The front adjustable ball joints are pretty simple. Press the old one out, press the new one in. And they'll run you ~$75-80/ea. Not cheap, but not terribly expensive when you compare the price to the rest of the suspension components.

 

[hypergenesis]

Thanks again , and It seems I skipped your post somehow while I was reading through this. The front camber dosen't concern me as much as my back camber. For some reason my rear wheels camber A LOT more than the front

 

[knochgoon24]

The good news is that it's easily correctable. And the camber gained from a lowering the front a sane amount isn't too far off from where it should be for good handling.

 

[Hideki]

When I first purchased my 2G I used a cheapy camber kit for my car. About a year later it literally disintegrated and I was in a world of hurt. Went to the RRE camber kit and I've never had a problem ever since.

 

[ACM]

Thanks again , and It seems I skipped your post somehow while I was reading through this. The front camber dosen't concern me as much as my back camber. For some reason my rear wheels camber A LOT more than the front

This is by design - the rear starts out with more static -ve camber than the front, and gains -ve camber faster in compression compared to the front. The purpose is to induce understeer under all conditions, which is a safer condition for inexperienced drivers to manage.

 

[HadesOmega]

I recommend getting an adjustable camber kit like Ingalls or SPC. I've used Ingalls and SPC kits and they are both great. I can't remember if the ingalls kit has a spacer but the SPC has a spacer so you can add MORE + camber if you need it. If you plan on changing suspension setting in the future it'll be much easier to adjust.