car lowered w/Eibach pro-kits ...alignment done and front camber shows -1.5 degrees of neg camber....Is this good for street and if not can this be adjusted on b14's????
You'll probably wanna get a camber kit if the alignment was already done and thats the best that they could do. Otherwise you're tires will wear prematurely.
You'll probably wanna get a camber kit if the alignment was already done and thats the best that they could do. Otherwise you're tires will wear prematurely.
so camber IS adjustable on front of B14??? correct??
As far as I know it is, shouldn't they have took care of the camber when the alignment was done?
Don't quote me though, cause I could be wrong. Suspension isn't exactly my most knowledgable area
shawn...thanks for help....you see the alignment guy told me that you cannot adjust front camber on these B14's...I thought that was just a little bit strange to me so thats why I am asking....I dont know if this is even within spec for this car but seems like a little too much neg camber to me unless you are road racing ....but, I have heard that some neg camber is also good for street but didn;t know how much .....hope I am making myself clear on this....thanks for responding and trying to help....
I have Teins also, and my camber was way off, somewhere around a -2.5 when we hooked it up to the machine. Didn't notice right away, so my two front tires were prematurely worn. I've since replaced the 2 front tires and purchased OBX Camber Bolts. Everything is good to go now. -1.5 Should be ok, but keep an eye out on the tires for any type of wear on the inside.
I have Teins also, and my camber was way off, somewhere around a -2.5 when we hooked it up to the machine. Didn't notice right away, so my two front tires were prematurely worn. I've since replaced the 2 front tires and purchased OBX Camber Bolts. Everything is good to go now. -1.5 Should be ok, but keep an eye out on the tires for any type of wear on the inside.
thanks to all for info....will keep an eye for inside tire wear
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Front camber is not adjustable. -1.5 isn't bad. I have a camber kit (tein) and it's dialed in for exactly that amount.
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You should keep an eye out on the wear though. As the suspension settled the camber went down to -1.7 still no uneven wear.
Watch it, usually the toe goes off whack every now and then which usually causes most of the wear. My car for some reason ends up going toe out over time. May look like camber wear, but usually is due to toe.
the alignment is mostly not adjustable. When you get an alignment, they usually jus adjust toe and bump parts around until it is stock, it's usually a very small adjustment. For major camber/caster adjustments, you can use lower camber pins (like I got) or find some camber plates.
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if you're at -1.5 and you don't want to buy tires sooner because of the uneven wear the camber bolts will do the trick for you. I found no benefit from having negative camber on a pure street car. the downside was the soft rubber compound on Z-rated tires disappeared quickly with the negative camber.
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if you're at -1.5 and you don't want to buy tires sooner because of the uneven wear the camber bolts will do the trick for you. I found no benefit from having negative camber on a pure street car. the downside was the soft rubber compound on Z-rated tires disappeared quickly with the negative camber.
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check e-Bay for the camber bolts
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you will be fine. you can safely, without harming anything, run up to 3 degrees of negative camber on the street. i have had my car set at -3 for the last 2 years and never had a problem. just get your tires rotated on a regular basis, and you will be fine.
b14 front camber adjustable????
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