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hey there. here's my take on camber kits. take it for what it's
worth:
when i put on my coilovers and lowered my car, it wasn't enough to
make the tires look like they were "toeing in" but they were. i knew
before i had the coilovers put on though that camber kits were the
way to go though to keep the life of my tires.
i don't know whether it's easy or not to install the camber kits,
because i took them to an alignment shop and they did the alignment
at the same time of the camber kit install. the reason you do need
to get the camber kits balanced right away (i.e., the same time as
install, if at all possible) is that every time you change the height
of your car, the alignment is thrown off. without camber kits, a
lowered car will have the look of tilted tires which results in
reduced tire patch contact with the ground - something you don't want
for safety as well as performance issues. so, yes, there is a
machine that you need to use with the install of your camber kits.
but odds are is that you don't have have it and you need to go to an
alignment shop that does.
now, some alignment shops might not install camber kits for whatever
reason. i was fortunate mine did. if yours doesn't, just go to your
local speed shop and have the kit installed there with the lowering
you wanted, and then go to the alignment shop for them to do their
work.
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