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Old Nov 14, 2007 | 06:21 PM
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I'm doing suspension mods to my Si. I noticed that the driver side rear tire has inside wear, whereas the passenger side has none on the rear tire. The front tires are toast since it had neuspeed race springs on blown stock struts (got it like that). The car now has Eibach sport on stock shocks, but I'm going back to Neuspeed race with KYB AGX's. I have a skunk2 camber kit and thought to just do the washer trick on the back, but since I noticed the tire wear on the back left, I think I should get a rear camber kit.

My question, is should I also get this toe kit in addition to the rear camber kit? I hear that toe can ruin tires as well as improper camber.



I'm already going to get this rear camber kit from Wicked unless someone tells me they're shit



The car is a daily driver, but I see it eventually becoming something to play on the track with.
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Old Nov 14, 2007 | 08:55 PM
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Toe will kill the tires faster than camber. That camber kit is the same as mine, I have the Omni power on. I want to get the toe one, main reason is that i have Solid Rear trailing bushing and the stock toe arms dont like them. Either way it works
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Old Nov 14, 2007 | 09:27 PM
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Originally Posted by HatchVX
Toe will kill the tires faster than camber. That camber kit is the same as mine, I have the Omni power on. I want to get the toe one, main reason is that i have Solid Rear trailing bushing and the stock toe arms dont like them. Either way it works

I bought the ES trailing arm bushings but got OEM ones instead. I went to Pickapart with my trailing arm tool to practice taking one out on a car before doing it on my own. It wasn't that difficult, but certainly something you want to put back in with the same integrity it was put in. I used this DIY. http://www.honda-tech.com/zerothread/1589298. I haven't done it on my car yet, but I'm almost there.

So, the toe kit will help balance the car with stiffer mods?

thanks again
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 09:13 AM
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that Wicked camber kit is the same one I am planning on ordering, lemme know how you like them
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Civic2Scooby
that Wicked camber kit is the same one I am planning on ordering, lemme know how you like them
Will do.

What's your take on the toe kit?
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 01:31 PM
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you also have SPC / SPC2 and KSport. I would prob go with the First SPC ones. Looks like it would be a little more secure.
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 01:37 PM
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Werd! The SPC does look more stable from a visual standpoint.
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 01:50 PM
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If you have too much toe-in or toe-out the tires will scrub on the road rather than roll over the road. As for the toe kit, do you have stock or solid trailing arm bushings? If you have the stock ones then the stock toe adjustment is fine, thats how I got my toe in the rear in spec.
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by JoePoonani
If you have too much toe-in or toe-out the tires will scrub on the road rather than roll over the road. As for the toe kit, do you have stock or solid trailing arm bushings? If you have the stock ones then the stock toe adjustment is fine, thats how I got my toe in the rear in spec.
I'm going OEM. I bought energy suspension bushings, but did some reading afterwards and decided against them. The new OEM bushings seem a lot stiffer, but I suppose that's because they're new, and the old ones have cracks all around.
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Old Nov 15, 2007 | 05:14 PM
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those look really nice!
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