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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 06:16 PM
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I just got an alignment done on my '01 Accord. I had lowered it two inches. My front camber is fine and I'm positive I don't need a kit for that but the rear is questionable so I was wondering if some of you guys could throw in some feedback about whether or not I need to get a rear camber kit and your recommendations for which brand. Thanks
Rear Left Camber: -1.8
Rear Right Camber: -2.3
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 07:14 PM
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-2.3 is going to eat the inside of ur tire.
I can show u a picture of what -3 did to my tire.
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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you should get one..... or the drop will eat the insides of your tires.
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Old Jan 5, 2007 | 09:03 PM
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I'd like to see a picture, and how long/how many miles did it take for the negative camber to eat away at your tires?
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Old Jan 6, 2007 | 04:14 PM
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Originally Posted by rwong410
I just got an alignment done on my '01 Accord. I had lowered it two inches. My front camber is fine and I'm positive I don't need a kit for that but the rear is questionable so I was wondering if some of you guys could throw in some feedback about whether or not I need to get a rear camber kit and your recommendations for which brand. Thanks
Rear Left Camber: -1.8
Rear Right Camber: -2.3
Get Ingalls or Skunk2. I have ingalls with 2 1/4" drop and it works great. My camber was pretty bad on the front and rear and it fixed it.

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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 06:15 AM
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Originally Posted by rwong410
I'd like to see a picture, and how long/how many miles did it take for the negative camber to eat away at your tires?
this is -3 front left tire in my 5th.

flyromeo has a picture of his rear tire with negative camber and is pretty bad.

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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by strykernyc
this is -3 front left tire in my 5th.

flyromeo has a picture of his rear tire with negative camber and is pretty bad.
damn,....were you driving on only two wheels? I didnt know your camber was that bad.

here is the pic in question.
I believe my camber was off by 1.8 -2.0. I have the sheet at home and ill post exact figures later on but, yea,...i was going through tires like every 5-6 months.



I bought those tires right before I drove down to miami.
So after 1550 miles of driving from NY to Miami this is how my tire looked like.
Imagine the thread on the way back home.....( it was bad )
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 09:16 AM
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Get the kit....sometimes it's not noticeable to the naked eye but it'll show on your tires after a while.
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 11:52 AM
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your camber is really fuk'd there. You have one wheel -1.8 and the other -2.3
Do you happen to have a tie bar on your ride?
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Old Jan 8, 2007 | 01:45 PM
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dang/
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