Front Springs - Camber

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Apr 11, 2009 | 05:38 AM

JL TT

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Front Springs - Camber

Clearly rear springs (Eibach, H&R, etc.) require camber correction bushings. What is required for the front?

Is there sufficient adjustment in the front A-arm/ball joint to accommodate lowered springs?

I'd hate to install springs only to see camber is too negative and have to take out arms to open-up the slots (PAINFUL!)

Apr 11, 2009 | 06:16 AM

J. Patterson

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JL TT, I've been down the same road. I did suspension makeover on my 2001 at 75000 mi. The front suspension, being MacPherson strut, does not react to lowering with camber change the same way the rear does. Most of us, who track the cars some, wish we could get MORE negative camber. I have nearly one degree negative at front and 1.6 degrees negative at rear. I too run Koni Sports, but on stock springs, with Hotchkiss Sport tubular anti roll bars. If you lower with Eibachs or similar you do, as you say, need camber correction at rear. CPT adjustable control arms or Kmac eccentric bushings will do that. You won't need any camber correction at front unless you start running Rcomps at track events and need to add more negative camber to prevent wearing the outside edges of the tires prematurely. I have Defcon 2 which uses the stiffer after recall rear bushing with the before recall front bushing. That setup has been very good. Sounds like you are on the right path. I wish I had your big brake kit. I get by with Hawk blues for track events. Don't forget to do your upper strut bushings and bearings. Sorry about the disjointed reply, Just throwing things out as I thought of them in no particular order.