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Old May 6, 2007 | 10:38 AM
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What is a Camber Kit? i was looking at procivic.com and i came across them what do they do?
 
Old May 6, 2007 | 01:11 PM
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When you lower your car, the angle of the wheels is (usually) altered a bit. The angleof the wheels is called"camber". For best tread wear, the camber should be 0 or close to 0. When the top of the wheel tilts outward and the bottom tilts in toward the center of the car, the camber is considered to be positive, and when the top of the wheel is tilted inward and the bottom outward, the camber is considered to be negative. To the best of my knowledge, lowering a car creates negative camber. At any rate, a camber kit corrects this when you lower your car. You don't need one, assuming your car is lowered only slightly. I think when you get an alignment, they correct the camber, too, but I'm not sure on that one.
 
Old May 6, 2007 | 02:11 PM
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If you have too much negative camber they can't really align your wheels right. ^
 
Old May 6, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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this would be somethin you need to look into if you have at least a 2" drop on your civic. if not, you will be wearing down your tires down fast.
 
Old May 6, 2007 | 09:15 PM
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Oh ok so your saying like the spanish people that are from around this area who cut their springs cuz theyre cheap how theyre wheels like tilt into the car they could use camber kits??
 
Old May 6, 2007 | 10:15 PM
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Lol if they cut thee springs thats the worst thing you can do, and im not sure if a camber would even make it better.
 
Old May 6, 2007 | 10:37 PM
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hahaha Well thats what you call grade a idiots
 
Old May 6, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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Oh ok so your saying like the spanish people that are from around this area who cut their springs cuz theyre cheap how theyre wheels like tilt into the car they could use camber kits??
no im talking about you buying h & r race springs, neuspeed race springs or sprint springs that lower your car more than 2"
 
Old May 6, 2007 | 11:29 PM
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I only have a 1.5 inch drop and am in need of a camber kit. I ordered it but it was never shipped.
 
Old May 8, 2007 | 07:22 PM
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I only have a 1.5 inch drop and am in need of a camber kit. I ordered it but it was never shipped.
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