Camber Kits (Front)

[aero]

Front Camber Kits

When lowering an automobile, you create negative camber. The camber angle alters the handling qualities of a particular suspension design - in particular, negative camber improves grip when cornering. This is because it presents the tire, which is taking the greatest proportion of the cornering forces, at a more optimal angle to the road, increasing its contact area and transmitting the forces through the vertical plane of the tire, rather than through a shear force across it.

On the other hand, for maximum straight-line acceleration, obviously the greatest traction will be attained when the camber angle is zero and the tread is flat on the road.

A camber kit is the solution to be able to adjust and fine tune how your car handles.

DIY 1

DIY 2


Some Camber Kit threads:
Camber Kit
Camber Kit Hitting Fender Problem Explained



What brands are out there, how much do they cost, and what do people think about them?

-Remember when you are purchasing that any of the camber kits are a very important part of your suspension, and if they break under harsh conditions, the result will not be good at all. Cheap is nice, but an offbrand item that saves a few bucks up front may have you paying big time in the end.

Good brands:
Ingalls
Eibach


Brands to be aware of (not everything is bad, but members have had a problem with):
Sprint



Ball Joint Type

-Good way to go since they are relatively cheap, and you only have to adjust at one point.


Pivot Mount Type

-Replace the upper control arm mounting bolts. Most popular type of kit.


Complete Adjustable Arm

-Unfortunately, Adjustable Upper arms are not available for our cars through trusted brands
-One company does make them from our car, but the only person that had one had the arm break at the welds.. not a good thing at all for a major suspension component. The broken arm was not able to be returned since the company used the excuse that "the arm had been installed on the car" Needless to say, steer clear of them.

[KRIS05VVTi]

good info rite here!!!

[accord=inspire?]

you forgot spc

[loud92CB7]

who has the spc ball joint kit and who has the ingalls ball joint kit? what are the differences?

[Tnwagn]

They're virtually the same

Ingall's (from jdm inspired)


SPC/Eibach (from JaK FRoSTWhiTE)

[slammed4thgen]

they both adjust the same, so im assuming price is only difference.

they are both

Adjustment range: Camber +1.50 degree to +3.00 degree

[Tnwagn]

Actually, Eibach/SPC offers a +-1.5 degree kit as well. I would assume Ingalls does as well.

[slick]

i have an ingalls kit on the way

[TheNextEpisode]

Might as well toot my own horn, and hopefully in a helpful way.

My review for the SPC kit.

[loud92CB7]

Might as well toot my own horn, and hopefully in a helpful way.

My review for the SPC kit.

i have read the review and am leaning toward the spc but the ingalls is a teaser for the price. thats why im askin lol from what i hear they both can bang a little im guessing those are for the xtreme drops also.....

[slick]

i have read the review and am leaning toward the spc but the ingalls is a teaser for the price. thats why im askin lol from what i hear they both can bang a little im guessing those are for the xtreme drops also.....

ill let you know how my kit works out once i get it and install it. i just go the ingalls at a great price so i had to take it

[TypeG]

you forgot spc

consider the thread is over 4 years old. later.

[loud92CB7]

ill let you know how my kit works out once i get it and install it. i just go the ingalls at a great price so i had to take it

thanx slick.... i only wanna buy one kit .... not have to fuck sumthing up then pay for new parts and another kit.

[mondojackal]

*sigh*

Camber kits aren't necessary at all on a CB7. The alignment doesn't change that much and give a lot of negative camber. In fact, I'd say that the CB's suspension setup (alignment-wise) is just about perfect (for handling purposes) when it's lowered. It's about -1.5* in the front, and about -0.5* in the rear. A little more negative camber would be better, of course, but for a daily driver/street car, this would be fantastic.

[Tnwagn]

I have a hard time believing what you just wrote. You just made a HUGE generalized statement about the degrees of camber of a "lowered" CB7. Are we talking about 1" or are we talking about 4". There is a HUGE difference which directly correlates to camber. There is physically no way what you say is generalized for all lowered CB7's. I have alignment printouts that show more than 3* of negative camber. That just doesn't magically work itself out.

I'll admit, most of the issues people have with wearing out tires has to do more with toe than it does camber. However, this doesn't mean that there aren't people out there who are driving cars low enough to warrant a camber kit of some type.

Plus, imagine you have no camber kit and have that amount of negative camber. That will make a HUGE impact on how quickly your tires wear out as your toe gets out of spec. Each alone is bad enough but the two together cause tires to wear abnormally and quickly.