Joey,
Glad to hear your negative camber is treating you well. Your opinion of the KYB AGX's has been noted, however I'm curious as to the technical reasons why you feel the AGX's suck. I'm not aware of any passengers who've ridden in my car complaining that my suspension was aweful, in fact they had lots of good things to say. What gives? -George > i have found that i don't have too many problems with > camber with my suspension setup.. Skunkworks coilovers > on KYB AGX shocks.. i have -2.6 degrees camber up > front and -1.75 in the back.. it's not that bad.. as > long as the toe is adjusted correctly, you won't get > that bad of tire wear.. btw, KYB AGX's suck in my > opinion.. i hate them and i'm buying a set of H&R coil > overs right now to remedy the situation.. > > Joey Zarrella > 1990 B16a CRX Si > > > --- George Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, > > > > Just to add an opinion or two- I have the KYB AGX's > > & Eibach Pro-kit > > springs, installed over two years ago. The first > > few months were a little > > punishing, but after that this combo aged quite > > nicely. I've noticed a > > slightly less sharp bounce when I hit dips- reminds > > me of the OEM Honda > > suspension, just shorter. If I need to tighten the > > feel any time, I just > > whip out the screwdriver and click the AGX's to a > > tighter setting. > > > > The whole negative camber issue I beat in my head > > until I was numb and the > > final verdict really blew my mind- I was thumbing > > through the Helms and > > found the suspension setting specs and guess what? > > The stock camber setting > > shows the following: > > > > Front: 0.00 deg. +/-1 degree(!) > > Rear: -0 deg. 26' +/-1 degree(!) > > > > Conclusion: Eibach Pro-kit does NOT require a > > camber kit. > > > > > > George > > '89 DX-Hybrid-D16Z6, 125k miles > > "Seats, Suspension, Engine, MSD, next=dyno" > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:owner-crx@;mesaaz1.vwsi.net]On > > Behalf Of Ken > > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 5:44 PM > > To: Matthew Welch > > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: CRX: Suspension Question > > > > > > Hey, Matthew, > > > > I have the Neuspeed sport springs on my 90si, along > > with Koni yellow > > sport shocks. I do have a negative camber of about > > -2 degrees in the front > > and about -1.5 degrees in the rears. I haven't > > installed a camber kit yet > > but I have always wanted to install the Ingalls > > camber kit, but just > > haven't had the money nor the time. The springs are > > about 5+-yrs and they > > are sagging on the drive side. I suppose all springs > > will eventually will > > sag a bit. I will most likely replace the Neuspeeds > > with a set of Eibach > > pro kit springs. The reason is because the ride from > > a 2 inch drop is a bit > > rough for my taste with 15 inch wheels and 195 / 50 > > series tires, and I > > wouldn't mind getting a bit of a more shock travel > > from my shocks from > > mostly city use. My female passengers don't > > particularly like the rough and > > sometimes bone jarring ride from the rex. The front > > mud gards do scrap on > > speed bumps, and will likely bottom the shocks when > > riding over speed bumps > > at less than crawling speeds. > > > > However, the Eibach pro kit will give you a perfect > > balance between > > performance, lowered stance and comfort of ride. I > > had a set up Tokico > > Illuminas in the rear and some Tokico blues in the > > front, and the front > > shocks blew in less than a year because of the > > lowered stance of my car. I > > was PO about that. I don't think the kyb's would be > > any better. However, > > the konis are fabulous shocks but they do cost more. > > There is only one > > thing that bugs me about the Koni's - they don't > > have the brackets for the > > brake lines on their front shocks for the second gen > > crx's. You have to > > slide the old ones from your oem shocks or use zip > > ties if you don't have > > the old oem shocks, which is kinda gay. With the > > Eibach Pro's you will > > probably get a negative camber of about -0.8 to -1.1 > > degrees which isn't > > that bad so you don't really need a camber kit, > > unless you absolutely had > > to have a 0 degrees camber reading. A 2 inch drop > > looks very nice from the > > Neuspeeds but since your car is going to be a daily > > driver and for street > > use, a set of Eibach Pro's would probably be better > > suited for you. Again, > > the perfect balance between performance, lowered > > stance, and comfort. > > > > When it comes to shocks, don't go too cheap. The > > Illumina's aren't that > > bad, but if you can manage, try to go the Koni > > route. They really are > > better shocks than the Tokico's and the Kyb's. > > > > These are just my personal views based on my > > experience so others may feel > > differently. So do your research and make your own > > educated decision. Good > > luck. > > > > Ken > > 90si > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com
