Do I need a camber kit?

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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 04:27 PM
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Do I need a camber kit?

Hey I wana get a eibach pro kit on my coupe, do I need to get a camber kit too? and how will it ride on just springs, a few of my friends say it will ruin my life cause I wont wana drive anywhere due to crap ride, another friend said my shocks will start sqeaking really bad, and possibly blow them out. I NEED HELP!!
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Old Oct 26, 2010 | 04:42 PM
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tons of threads on prokit but to make life easy... prokit roads close to stock, no noises on suspension,wont blow out your shocks and camber kit varies on alignment shop you go to. many can get alignment within spec.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 02:31 AM
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^ what he said!
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 02:35 AM
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Your shocks won't blow out with pro-kits? Are you sure? (in a year or so)
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 04:16 AM
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I have about 15K on my eibachs and no camber kit and still stock struts you will be fine. I'm also Superchargered and turn hard and im still good with zero rubbing issues on 20" vossens and 285 nitto 555
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 10:30 AM
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^^^ hows your tire wear?
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 03:43 PM
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I've had the Eibach springs in my car before they were even released and still no issue with my stock shocks.

I had the rear camber kit put in at the same time and still on the same set of rear tires. Front camber kit was late coming out, so my front tires wore out early.
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Old Oct 28, 2010 | 09:23 PM
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tires wear only on the fronts. the insides of each front tire
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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^^ True! I had some wear with the Eibachs in front with no camber kit. But I've heard it can be adjusted without a camber kit by a real pro alignment shop. Not a tire shop.
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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Xcalibur
^^ True! I had some wear with the Eibachs in front with no camber kit. But I've heard it can be adjusted without a camber kit by a real pro alignment shop. Not a tire shop.
Eibach did the R&D on my car and their own Tech. couldn't get the alignment back into spec after lowering on their springs. The coupe's geometry is the same. There's simply not enough play in the suspension. This isn't a big deal for those that like to run extra camber.

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Old Oct 29, 2010 | 05:38 PM
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But I've heard it can be adjusted without a camber kit by a real pro alignment shop.
Not true.
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Old Oct 30, 2010 | 03:09 AM
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K I think ima just lower it on springs for now and get the camber a little later down the road, anyone here have s- techs? And reviews on that?
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Old Oct 30, 2010 | 10:02 AM
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the s techs are too low haha, they do look nice but its too much of a drop. Just go with eibachs
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Old Oct 31, 2010 | 05:18 PM
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Ya I saw a car at the meet the other night on s-techs it looked sexy! It's like another .5 I think then eibachs. Anyone here run those without a camber kit? But seems to me that eibach is more popular.
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