Ken- I'm just wondering whether this is really a major concern or is the shop feeding me a little FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) to make a sale (they quoted like $550 for camber kits installed!? So with the camber being *close* to 1 degree off (actually slightly less than that), is this something I should put up with and not drop $XXX into fixing?
I'm also wondering if I did the camber kit, would the handling go back to the sweet feel Honda is famous for- right now it has a very slight "crab-walk" (best way I can describe it) feel due to the negative camber. -George P.S. -Got slammed this week and won't have the MSD ignition in until Saturday! > Although I haven't bought the Ingalls kit yet, I have done quite a bit of > research on it because I am also contemplating the install. With your > Prokit springs, you have a drop of 1.2 inches in the front and 1 inch in > the rear which will equate to about a 1+- negative camber for your car. If > you look at the ingalls web site, they show a rear kit part#3893 which is > basically a longer grade 8 bolt than what we have on our cars now, and some > spacer washers. All that for $13.50 per wheel is a bit pricey. You could > probably go to a specialty fastener place and buy a grade 8 bolt and some > spacer washers for a fraction of the price. Just pull out the bolt that > holds the rear upper control arm to the body of the car and bring it with > you to the fastener shop and get the same thread pitch but just a longer > bolt. The other option for the rear is the replacement arm part# 3890, but > since your only correcting for only about 1+-degrees camber, the cheapest > solution is to just to opt for the shimming route. Keeping in mind that in > the ingalls kit, they only recomment shimming as far as 0.75 degrees. I > suppose for those people who have adjustable coil-overs, they might want to > consider the 3890 route due to the greater flexibility to accomodate their > different height adjustments. > > The front kit part# 3570 looks like a good fit for your rex. I had looked > at the front kit at a local shop and it looks like a good quality product. > > They both look pretty easy to install as well. > > My only reason for hesitating for getting the ingalls camber kit is that my > wheels have an offset of 38, and the tires are 195/50/15 and it has been > lowered about 2 inches, so if i correct for about a 2 degrees, the tires > may rub. Damn it, I didn't know better at the time but I should have bought > a 45 or 42 offset wheel. Oh well. My mistake. > > By the way George, seeing that you have your MSD installed, do you really > notice anything different in your car? Just wanted to keep it in mind, just > in case I ever had any ignition problems and may need to do some > replacements or upgrades. Thanks. > > Ken > 90si > > > At 07:30 PM 10/06/2002 +0000, you wrote: > >I had a long talk with the guys at the tire shop and they of course mentioned > >I really needed a camber kit for proper wear & handling. I've got the KYB > >AGX's on Eibach Pro Kit for my '89 DX-hybrid. Has anyone installed the > >Ingalls camber kit? Any recommendations, oh suspension gurus? > > > > > > > >George > >'89 DX-hybrid-D16Z6, 120k miles > >"MSD, suspension work, even more fun to > >drive" >
