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Old 04-30-2001, 05:59 AM
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Default Suspension question

For those of you that have gotten new springs, is camber a problem? Do you need to purchase a camber correction kit when lowering the car?
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Default Camber not a problem generally

The camber increases slightly as the car is lowered, but not a lot. My car with the Audi/Eibach springs (about 1.5" below stock) has front camber of 1.3 degrees and rear of 1.8 degrees. This is compared to sport suspension specs of about .8 degrees.

There is a provision for some rear camber adjustment but not front (the front can be "balanced" l/r by shifting a subframe, but not adjusted per se). I have about 10000 miles on Z rated tires with the above camber and see no signs of uneven tire wear.

I recently saw a note saying someone now offers a camber correction kit, but up until that post I had not seen one nor seen a need.
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I've got over 40k on my lowered setup. I experience no unusual tire wear. I never even bothered having an alignment done.
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