oh, btw, i just responded but forgot to add, i have -2.7 degrees front camber, and -1.5 i think in the back.
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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" > > > > > > ===== Joey Zarrella 1990 CRX Si, B16a sitting in my garage http://www.geocities.com/redrexersanonymous __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
