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Old Jan 22, 2003 | 06:38 AM
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i have a1.8 inch drop with no camber kit on front or back and its been about a year and my tires are fine. i say camber kit if dropped below 2 inches. on tirerack they have an.....eibach (i think) camber kit for the rear for 75 bucks.
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Old May 2, 2003 | 11:34 PM
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I know front camber kits are important if you drop it low enough.. How about rear camber kits?!?
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Old May 3, 2003 | 02:40 PM
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they just use washers to fix the rear camber
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Old May 5, 2003 | 02:46 PM
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yup use washers for the back, also can u use washers for the front also just to minimize wear if u dont want to get cambers?i didnt camber my car when i first slammed it and i payed for it when i woke up with a flat tire b/c the inside wear was so bad, the steel was showing everywhere!! also does it matter wat cambers u get, does it have to be skunk, to me its just cambers get cheap ones. and how much would an allighnment cost b/c i think i should do that since my tires are nearly straight up
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Old May 5, 2003 | 03:09 PM
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alignments are around 60 bucks...and you can't fix the front with washers... the front camber kit replaces the whole upper control arm
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Old May 5, 2003 | 04:20 PM
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i think it's each car for themselves, 1.75 neuspeeds and decent wear, but a friend has same springs with a kit and eats them up horibly. i definetly wouldn't worry about the rear at all, mine wear a little but can be offset by having your tires un mounted and flipped over to wear the other edge. i did this when i had them powder coated and it wore the most even of any set of tires i've ever seen
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Old May 6, 2003 | 05:27 AM
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I have sportline's and the rear is dropped slightly further than the front. I notice a little bit on camber wear on the rear and not the front. Before I get my next set of tires I'm going to inverst in a canber kit.
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Old May 25, 2003 | 03:53 AM
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Do you need one? Yes, unless you want to wear the hell out of your tires...

Look at these worn all to hell because of a 1.75" drop for 7 months. Tires have like 15k on them approx.

BTW, I remounted them, swapping left to right to make up for that...

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