Hey fellas, for anyone who is interested, here's some pics.

My camber wasn't horrible, I milked ~25K miles out of my old 18" tires. But I can see my new ones already getting some of that dreaded inside wear, so I figured I'd give it a shot.

$140 shipped off GBC. Thanks Draccord.

I still need to do some tinkering, I went for a little test drive, and over one big dip going fast I rubbed pretty decently. I'll sacrifice a little to lessen/eliminate the rubbing. I got used to never rubbing for almost 3 years with 18's.

I know I should get a real alignment and see where it's at, I just want to try and get it where I don't rub much, and then see where that puts me.

Anyway, here's some pics.






(that's the other side of the car btw)

 

Good job man I hope everything is better now and you will get less wear on your tires.

 

:goodjob: nothing wrong with drums h:

 

personally, i would've used a pitman arm puller instead of the pickle fork. that is, if you dont' want to risk tearing up the boot.

 

Yeah, I didn't have one, and I had the afternoon off today, so I wanted to get it done, all the auto place had was the fork. I was careful, no damage to the boot.

 

This thread is a God-send!!!! THANKS!!!!!

 

your rear camber wasnt bad enough to wear tires... why not do the front where it actually matters, you'll also get more traction for take-off too. your tire wear problem must have been due to an alignment issue.

 

I am a layman on this issue, but wouldn't his bad camber actually BE an alignment issue?

My Coupe on 17s sits pretty much the same as the before picture in the rear. I had a 4 wheel alignment done - they told me that there was no specs for the rear. I know somebody else has heard that before. SERIOUS inner tire wear as a result. I just had a flat to find out btw.

I got the Eibach Camber Kit and will be installing this this weekend and hope that it definately helps. I don't see how it can't! But I know alignment ain't fixin' my particular problem which seems to have been his as well...

Oh, by the way my suspension set up is really modest - H&R Sport Springs/Tokico Illumina Gas Shocks, 17" Mille Miglia Action Sports with Bridgestone Potenza RE950 215/45/R17. That's why I didn't get the camber kit to begin with. Turns out I need it on the rear wheels.

Please educate me though if I'm wrong...

 

Why do you think I got the camber kit lol. My front camber is fine, it's the rear than needed correction. There is no stock camber adjustment for the rear. I dunno about 5th gens, but on every 6th gen I've seen, lowering really doesn't affect the front camber until you get real low. The rear camber will be off with even a sport drop. Some people are fine with some wear, get away with it with rotaton, etc. I was just to the point where the cost of the camber kit ($150) was a good investment to extend tire life. You can't just throw washers in there on the 6th gens like you can on the 5th gens.

But hey, I'm glad you know what my car needs and doesnt need better than me. :fawk:

SleepinTR1, glad it helped.

 

Yeah, man it helped. Before this post, I didn't know what the heck the kit looked like or whatever. I did my own spring/shocks install by researchin' DIYs here and there, but I'd never really seen the camber kit install. I see it's an easy thing.

You got an email address I can hit you at with any install questions? I plan to do it this weekend....