hey guys i have a 95 accord and just had to replace my second set of tires so i need to get camber kit. i've heard good and bad things about camber kits so i'm not sure what to do? My local performance shop carrys "top speed" brand kits installed for $180 which is a pretty good price he also sells ingalls but is out of them right now and states that the top speeds work just like them. i'm not sure if these kits affect the drive quality of the car. Do any of you guys have experience with these kits

 

Do you have your car lowered? Are you just going to do the front or both the rear and front?

If you are not lowered you can use
http://www.sfxperformance.com/parts/EIB567125K.htm
Thy are just and adjustable ball joint.

If you are lowered you can use (civic)
http://robearracing.com/pd_revo_technica_front_aarm.cfm
This it the hole adjustable upper arm.

It all depends on how much room you have the adjustable ball joints add a lot of length to you knuckle it can cause the upper arm to hit on bumps. Front and rear camber kits are a little different. If the camber kit is set rite it will not affect the handling of the car in fact you can tune your camber to help you in turns. I like to set my camber any were between -.5 and -1.5. The more you get away from 0 the more tire where you will see.

It could also be your front toe is out.
http://www.procarcare.com/includes/c...dtirewear.html

 

the control arm in the second link you sent would be perfect but its only available for civic's my car is lowered 2" and i'm clueless to how this negative degree thing works. how many degrees is the camber if the car is @ stock height and whats the difference between -.5 & -1.5 which one is better for the car when it comes to tire life and ride quality.

FYI. my car currently runs and feels just like stock even though i'm that low(no hitting or bumping in my wheel wells) i have DZONE springs & KYB GR2's

 

http://www.familycar.com/alignment.htm

Its all ^^^^^.0 is best for max life but not handling.

 

get that camber kit installed at that shop. ur getting a pretty good price. infact if you request him he'll probably do it for even cheaper. after you get that done. keep driving ur car until ur tires wear out (unless u have brand new tires on there) then get a new set of tires and then go to the alignment shop. they will also adjust the camber to 0 degrees.

 

if 0 is the factory setting then the handling cant be worse than having the car at stock height and the car drives fine with stock suspension. i'm not really into doing 50 mph around corners so thats fine with me if thats the case.

 

I think the stock setting is -.5 plus or mines one degree but 0 will not kill you. Ya for a street car 0 is fine.

 

i lowered my car, but even w/ a camber kit 'm leaving mine a little at a negative side
it increases the cornering abilities. i take pretty hard corners but i also know teh limits of my car so i dont go very close to it. I just love the way it handles on wavy road.
and it doesn't really hurt my tires that much.

*again the only reason why i'm leaving it at negative camber is for better cornering, but if ur not into it then just get is as close to straight as possible.

 

id try and get the toe straight first before adjusting the camber.

you want neagtive camber.

 

keep in mind, that the lower the car, the more negative camber you're going to have. Its ok to have a little bit of negative camber, because of extra handling capabilities, well in my opinion of course, but if you let your camber go, then chances are, you will do some damage to those tires and to your alignment. Anything lower than an inch a half, you should go ahead and get a camber kit and an alignment. Whenever you lower the car period, you should get an alignment, at least thats my precaution steps. People do it different ways, so youre going to have different answers. As for what this guy is installing for, im guessing you'll just have to do trial and error. I never take anyone's word for anything anymore, I just like to find out things for myself, so if you know and trust this guy, then go after the cheaper one, and see where it stands on your car.