Threads asking if a front camber kit is required with an Eibach drop come on a daily, so I thought I'd share my two cents since I've been rocking the Eibach ProKit (springs) for more than 2 years now.

My front setup: Eibach Lowering Springs, 25mm H&R spacers (causes more even more drop and camber).

I'm running 245/40R19 Dunlop Sportmaxx tires, been on them for 30,000 track-free kms (18.7k miles) now and here's what they looked like a few days back:



My alignment shop couldn't go below -2.2 degrees of camber so I let it be. I went to a tire shop today and had him swap the tires inside/out to see how many more km's I can squeeze out of them.

Assume I managed to squeeze another 10k out of them, that's a total of 40k kms. I probably wouldve squeezed 50k kms out of my tires had my camber been closer to OEM, but to me, a front camber kit shipped to the UAE would get me two brand new front set of Dunlops balanced and mounted, so is the extra 10k kms worth it? Do the math depending on how many kms you plan on keeping the car.

 

maybe you can answer another question a lot of people been agruing about.

do camber wear tires out faster?

 

Well how long do you plan on keeping the g. I know you already have 100k km on it.
If your going to keep it for 250k more, than you would get the moneys worth in the camber kit

 

Maybe you should put this into consideration on whether or not to get a front camber kit; at the end of the day, you can sell the camber kit and get a good amount of money back, vs. wore out tires that are not resellable.

 

See based on my math I'd have to go through 8 sets of tires before breaking the cost of a camber kit even, and since I sort of like the look of slightly cambered fronts, I'll probably pass.

By the time my car hits 300k kms it'll be fully stripped and track prepped I'm hoping

 

G37SAM:

What is your off-set on your rims?

I'm getting the Eibach spring kit installed on Wednesday and I ordered 19x8.5 rims with a 35mm offset. I'm thinking now I should of order an offset of 20mm..

thoughts?

 

I'm on the OEM 19's, 19x8.5 + 43mm front, 19x9 +45 rear

 

i was just debating on a drop. i've always been under the impression that oe specs with minimal camber was fine. guess not.

then again, you said you had spacers? i wish i knew more on the topic, but i don't. WILL OE specs + eibach drops with no spacers yield better even wear? + correct alignment (toes especially).

 

I believe this thread will help answer your question: https://www.myg37.com/forums/brakes-...g37-coupe.html

He was able to get a ~-1.6 degree camber in the front, vs Sam's -2.2

 

Sam, not being able to judge the tread depth on the remainder of the tire, but just by looking at your wear that seems more like toe rather than camber wear.

Haven't you rotated the tires during it's life-to-date?

 

No rotation was done prior to today, I had my alignment done a while back and they were brought close to spec can't remember the exact numbers

 

Pics of the rear wheels with the 25mm spacer and stock tires please

 

My rears are sitting on 20mm's though

 

OK. Are you planning on moving to 25s there also?

 

yeah ill pass on the camber kit as well