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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 08:05 AM
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Im going to be putting on a eibach pro kit and i think it lowers me an inch after all said and done.....will i need to worry about correcting my camber? I wont be driving it too much, it sits in my garage 3 days a week. I want some better handling which i know a negative camber will give me, but will i need to put a correction kit on the car for only an inch? i did back when i lowered my civic 2.5 inches, so im thinking that if i dont drive it daily then tire ware will be a minimum

what you all think?
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 08:42 AM
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All cars are different on how bad the camber will be after lowering. With 1'' you shouldn't have any problems getting the rears within specs with the rear stock arms. Either way, you should take the car to the alignment shop after letting the springs settle to see where it sits. Example: On my Z I installed GF210s and the shop was able to align it back to oem specs, where my buddy installed H-techs on his car and his camber went out pretty bad.
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 09:30 PM
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anything above 1" most def...so maybe you will be lucky..
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Old Mar 28, 2008 | 09:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Sick Z
All cars are different on how bad the camber will be after lowering. With 1'' you shouldn't have any problems getting the rears within specs with the rear stock arms. Either way, you should take the car to the alignment shop after letting the springs settle to see where it sits. Example: On my Z I installed GF210s and the shop was able to align it back to oem specs, where my buddy installed H-techs on his car and his camber went out pretty bad.
GF210s have a 1.2" drop in the rear. What is your definition of "back to OEM Specs" ? FYI getting your camber back to -2.1 is no where near close to the ideal OEM specs.

The main objective is to get your rear toe back within OEM specs. 0.08 is ideal for the rear.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by dutchboy350Z
GF210s have a 1.2" drop in the rear. What is your definition of "back to OEM Specs" ? FYI getting your camber back to -2.1 is no where near close to the ideal OEM specs.

The main objective is to get your rear toe back within OEM specs. 0.08 is ideal for the rear.
ideal is a relative term.
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Old Mar 29, 2008 | 07:22 AM
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i have a tanabe
Front is close to spec ( no camber arm )
Rear is enough to adjust ( SPC camber/toe )

got mine from adam@z1auto
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