Help Camber problem.....

tonybooger · 23rd October 2007, 07:50 PM

Hi everyone...
I have a 2000 EK civic sedan and i have just wound the rear coilover sleeves right down, and love the way it looks, but have got really bad camber.

I see you can get adjustable rear camber arms on trade me, can anyone please tell me does it push the top of the wheel out? or bring the bottom of the wheel in?

as there is sweet bugger all clearance(2mm) and does not scrape at all at the mo, but am concerened the if the adjustable arms push the tops of the wheels out, the wheels will not fit under the guards!

am I going to have problems?

Is this the best way to fix the problem?

I cant spend a fortune, and the $128 adjustable arms look in my budget!!

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

BTLF3D · 23rd October 2007, 07:58 PM

yes they push the wheel outwards, are your guards rolled allready?

badcf4 · 23rd October 2007, 07:59 PM

your right on all counts really........the camber kit will tilt your wheel outwards at the top and undoubtably cause the tyre to rub on the gaurd......which means either a: you have to larger tyre or b: your wheels are too low offset.......

soooooo, either get your gAurds rolled (not that id really advise it but it is definatly an option) or get a more correct wheel/tyre combo and camber kit.......or just have your tyres flipped and rotated regularly to aleiviate camber wear of the tyres

DoggNZ · 25th October 2007, 05:00 PM

The key word here is adjustable. I've got my front and rear ones with just enough negative camber to avoid rubbing but it sounds like you're borderline already.

Coupe-R · 25th October 2007, 05:06 PM

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or just have your tyres flipped and rotated regularly to aleiviate camber wear of the tyres

Get a wheel alignment with zero toe on the rear. You will find they won't camber stuff all if you keep an eye on em. Its a FWD EK civic, no load or drive on the rear.
I drove around for 2 years on 205/40/17 tyres with 3.5 degrees negative in the rear. Just rotated and kept check on them.
However you may want to fix your front camber.
Also isn't there a lip inside the rear gard that you could cut or fold away

23rd October 2007, 07:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
tonybooger Junior Member 700rpm (Idle) Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 18 Location: Pukekohe	Help Camber problem..... Hi everyone... I have a 2000 EK civic sedan and i have just wound the rear coilover sleeves right down, and love the way it looks, but have got really bad camber. I see you can get adjustable rear camber arms on trade me, can anyone please tell me does it push the top of the wheel out? or bring the bottom of the wheel in? as there is sweet bugger all clearance(2mm) and does not scrape at all at the mo, but am concerened the if the adjustable arms push the tops of the wheels out, the wheels will not fit under the guards! am I going to have problems? Is this the best way to fix the problem? I cant spend a fortune, and the $128 adjustable arms look in my budget!! Any help would be greatly appreciated!

23rd October 2007, 07:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
BTLF3D Senior Member 9,000rpm (S2000 Redline!) Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,574 Location: Levin	yes they push the wheel outwards, are your guards rolled allready? __________________ Civic Turbo \| 11.8 @ 123mph \| Built B18C \| GT35R \| 319wkw \| 19psi Profile Supreme Antennas Skunk2 M&H Slicks F B I Performance Beyond 2 NZ Performance Speedfactor WorkshopX Speedtech NZ 41.co.nz Collier Motor Engineers Morrel Motors

23rd October 2007, 07:59 PM	#3 (permalink)
badcf4 Senior Member 11,000rpm (Spoon B16B!!) Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,196 Location: Auckland	your right on all counts really........the camber kit will tilt your wheel outwards at the top and undoubtably cause the tyre to rub on the gaurd......which means either a: you have to larger tyre or b: your wheels are too low offset....... soooooo, either get your gAurds rolled (not that id really advise it but it is definatly an option) or get a more correct wheel/tyre combo and camber kit.......or just have your tyres flipped and rotated regularly to aleiviate camber wear of the tyres __________________ 9/11 was an elaborate hoax...........yea right

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25th October 2007, 05:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
DoggNZ Senior Member 3,000rpm (Grandma Drag) Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 365 Location: Wellington	The key word here is adjustable. I've got my front and rear ones with just enough negative camber to avoid rubbing but it sounds like you're borderline already.