Lowering help!!! Never done this before..

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Old Apr 26, 2016 | 04:43 PM
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If you lower your car more than a inch you will need a camber kit for F&R.
Make sure you elongate the rear with a dremel though
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Old Apr 27, 2016 | 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by m3clubracer
Get bent rear lower camber arms so you can upgrade the sway bars. I wish this was more obvious to me when I did mine.
I've got about 1/4" clearance between the SPC rear camber arms and an Eibach Swaybar dropped to 26 3/4" floor-to-fender.

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Old Apr 27, 2016 | 10:07 AM
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I may not have .25 inches based on my rear Eibachs. I bet I will hit.
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Old Apr 27, 2016 | 01:45 PM
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Have you measured each end of the sill to the ground? Is that level or also drooped at the rear?
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Old Apr 27, 2016 | 02:37 PM
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It is from top of wheel arch at the same place (marked) to the level ground of my garage floor. Left and right side were +/-2mm.
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Old Apr 28, 2016 | 02:28 AM
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I never got an alignment or camber arms, and after 2 years my rear tires are bald. Probably from toe to be honest. I would say I put 10K un-lowered miles and 15K lowered miles on them. Fronts are perfectly fine though.
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Old Apr 28, 2016 | 09:14 AM
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toe links - $100
alignment - $100
tires - $$$$
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Old Apr 28, 2016 | 02:17 PM
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your camber can be little off but the toe is the real tire killer.
When I had my Tein S-techs even with the camber kit the best I got was -2.5 camber in the rear
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