Camber kits (and poor design)

[riruiz_88]

Thats not an upgrade to the Ball joint on the Upper control arm.
The picture you've shown is a roll centre adjuster/correction (For lowered cars) which mounts to the Hub and goes into the lower control arm.

oh tru my bad man, i couldnt tell on the site what it was for and it looked like a straight fit for the upper control arm. would u suggest changing the original one for the j's racing? or is this a useless mod?

[e240]

would u suggest changing the original one for the j's racing? or is this a useless mod?

Sorry, you talking about the Roll Centre or the Front Camber Kit?

For Roll Centre, yeah, its probably worth it if you've got a lower than lowered car.. :-p

For Camber, yeah, again if you've got a lowered car and want to correct the camber (lowered by 3 inches usually gives you 2degress of Negative camber) , or if you're tuning your suspension setup to suit tracks.

My preference, I'd stay away from the front camber kits that have the moveable ball joints (Like Skunk, including Js.) and the ones where you have an eccentric nut at the strut mounting. But my opinion is biased having use spherical bearing ones.. :-p

[riruiz_88]

oh i was referring to the roll centre adjuster. wat front camber kit would you recommend then? and also what rear camber kit would you recommend? with the rose joints (spherical joints) are these more prone to tears cause it wouldnt have much flex right as well they are more expensive?

[Zdster]

whats the best rear camber kit for DC5? my sister's car has crazy negative camber and it chews through tires like nothing else...

I wouldnt. I would recommend that she gets an alignment done and make sure that the 'toe' specs are set as close as possible to zero. As said previously, camber should not cause you to eat through tires.

[2002 TeGgY]

I wouldnt. I would recommend that she gets an alignment done and make sure that the 'toe' specs are set as close as possible to zero. As said previously, camber should not cause you to eat through tires.

so where do you recommend to get this done? would your local pedders susspension shop do it or would we have to go honda dealers?

[Zdster]

so where do you recommend to get this done? would your local pedders susspension shop do it or would we have to go honda dealers?

Any wheel/tire shop will be able to do it for you. You just want a basic wheel alignment and get a print out of before and after results.

[2002 TeGgY]

but how does wheel allignment get rid of negative camber/toeing? the had plenty of wheel allignments done and its still 'toeing'

[Zdster]

but how does wheel allignment get rid of negative camber/toeing? the had plenty of wheel allignments done and its still 'toeing'

With a wheel alignment, the operator takes a measure of the existing car specs and adjustments are then made. Have a read here:
http://www.familycar.com/Alignment.htm

On most (if not all?) Hondas 'toe' is adjustable but other things like camber are not (hence the reason why people by camber kits).

If you still have toe after the wheel alignment has been done that it probably has been done incorrectly and you need to find somewhere that actually knows what they are doing. At any rate, try and get the before and after results of any alignment so you can compare and see what changes have been made.

[pornstar]

has she hit the kerb or something? an alignment done should have fixed those problems, or they should have mentioned that something is bent or broken causing it to do so.

but how does wheel allignment get rid of negative camber/toeing? the had plenty of wheel allignments done and its still 'toeing'

[dynosaur]

does any1 know where could I get this ball bearing front camber for DC2R ?

thanks in advance

[2002 TeGgY]

has she hit the kerb or something? an alignment done should have fixed those problems, or they should have mentioned that something is bent or broken causing it to do so.

na man, she didn't hit a curb. ill take it to pedders soon and speak to them

[pornstar]

my advice is to definately take it to someone else if your not confident in their alignment procedure/work.

Everytime I have aligned something I would look at what the current setup is and what is "out" of spec. Usually when something is noticeably out, then it tells you something is wrong with the specific part or parts. Repeated alignments isnt going to fix your issue if your problem is part of something bigger ie possibly bent arms etc. Did you buy the car new?