AWDSON

Hello ,

So I just installed the H&R lowering springs in my 08 EVO X and love the drop. I am having some trouble with the camber it seems like its leaned in, in the rear and the front. So did I do something wrong with the install for this to happen,or is this common? What can I do to fix this ?

Also I dont like how the wheels look pushed all the way in , I want the wheel to extend out flush with the fender if that makes sense, would a spacer help this or did I do something wrong? If so what size, brand , spacer would I have to get ? Does a spacer affect the ride at all ?

Here are some pics, Hope you guys can help. Thanks

PSUfan1

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Did you have an alignment done after you dropped it? If so, what were the camber specs as left? It does seem like there is a lot of camber in the rear. As far as spacers go, +15 or +20 should both work without an issue. I have +25 spacers on mine all around but I'm not slammed and on kw v3 coils with stock size tires / stock gsr rims (conti DWS tires). That same configuration would probably have issues if you were running tires that were wide for their size (and you'd need some fender work). I also needed to trim/mold my front fender liners in specific areas to deal with rubbing. +20 should get you an aggressive look without the need for fender work (still might need some liner work in the front but nothing hard to do.

ddawg1130

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lol to modding the car with absolutely no idea what you are doing.

follow the advice of the person before me.

I don't get how people modify expensive cars without some basic research or understanding of what they are doing.

galantman03

iTrader: (7)

And yet you have the perfect opportunity to explain what is going on


What you need its a camber kit. A vehicles suspension doesn't just have an upward travel, but also an inward travel the more the suspension is traveled into the wheel well to prevent rubbing and a whole lot of other things that I won't get into.

A camber kit will correct your tire slant inward to a more tolerable degree rating of 1 or 2 degrees of negative camber. (it will tilt the top of the tire outwards)

gotkamote

+1 on what was stated above with camber kits. That will correct the issue no problem. Although I'm pretty sure that getting camber kits is an alternate solution.

I am pretty confident that the rears can be adjust to positively (somewhere around -1.0, which is better than what it looks like right now) just by adjusting the stock eccentric. My car was lowered on springs and I was able to achieve around a -1.0 camber in the rears just by doing an alignment from what I can remember.

Iowa999

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Com'on. Be nice. It's not like he or she confused the water-temp display for a warning light.

PSUfan1

iTrader: (2)

Yeah - for some reason I didn't think people were using camber kits for basic drops on springs with the X. IIRC (and I'd have to check my alignment specs), but I believe I'm running ~ -2.5 in the front and -1.5 in the rear. I was initially worried that this amount of camber would really eat up my tires. That being said, after ~12,000 miles they seem to be wearing pretty evenly (obviously they are a hard compound tire). In any case, there appears to be a lot of - camber on the OPs rear. I agree that he can probably get it down to a more reasonable amount with the stock adjustment.

ddawg1130

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HAHAHA. I didn't even realize that.

kevinlambchops

I lowered my car on h&r springs and did notice that the wheels were angles in but an alignment should fix that. Don't quote me on this but I remember reading somewhere that it can only be adjusted so much otherwise you'd need camber kit but I doubt you need it unless you are slamming your car. +25 should get you a fairly aggressive look but you may need fender work for that. My current wheel setup is 18x10.5+15 and I had the rears rolled. stock is +38 so +25 to that would bring it out quite a bit. Goodluck!

AWDSON

Thanks I was thinking 20 mm spacers to , and I have not got an alignment since lowering the car. You think that would fix the camber issue?

AWDSON

LOL to your pointless input. Go be a troll some where else!

AWDSON

Okay so you are saying a camber kit opposed to an alignment ? or both ?

AWDSON

So how would I adjust it ?

AWDSON

HAHAH you are SO funny!! Internet points to you!!!

AWDSON

Thank you