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posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/1/2005 2:41:49 PM

g6ex6

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trying to post pic, but ? i am planning strut/spring job. car already low, but not well-tuned ride. upgrading to Bilstein Sports & HR Sports. will have 1.75 frt & 1.5 rr drop. should i wait til after strut/spring install & align before i buy frt & rr camber kits (ball joints/upper contril arm)?

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/1/2005 4:03:58 PM

Patrick

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is that taken in an enclosed trailer? is that a race car of some sort, or are you just keepin it clean for the shows?

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/1/2005 4:51:02 PM

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patrick - no engine mods. a real looker. i found it online, flew to see it, pondered and paid, then shipped enclosed from ny to ca. had it 1 mo. stays in garage. it has 28,000 on it, and a mediocre susp. its being too low for driving motivates my current plan. trying to move ahead quickly to minimize scraping of bodykit. plus of course i want to drive it!!! (more pics avail. can email) thx, mark

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/2/2005 1:20:42 AM

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Must aligne it before you drive it cause maybe it hasn't been aligned which means the tire are gonna wear out quickly..

I could live in that Enclosed trailer as long as I had a computer hook-up..
Nice out fit you have and Welcome To The Forums..

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/2/2005 12:02:34 PM

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the hondas are very bad for camber issues on lowering..when working as a tech, i had a few customers and when lowering more than a half inch...they got into SERIOUS tire issues...

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/2/2005 12:06:17 PM

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so is your advice to go ahead with camber kits all around, or wait til i "read" how close camber can be dialed in, then buy correct kit(s)?

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/2/2005 12:10:34 PM

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patrick - also i'm LESSENING the current drop, though i don't trust previous owner to have necessarily completed job (by adding camber corrections).

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/2/2005 12:20:08 PM

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i would never lower a car with lowering springs or coilover kits without a camber kit. just because of the damage to the tires and drivability issues.

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/2/2005 2:53:36 PM

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Hmmm..... nice car. I cant drive mine right now either, she is in the tranny O.R. for a faulty tanny.

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/6/2005 2:01:46 AM

WheelBrokerAng

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I fully agree with Patrick on this camber issue...camber your ride or get ready to purchase more tires in the very near future...

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i would never lower a car with lowering springs or coilover kits without a camber kit. just because of the damage to the tires and drivability issues.

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/6/2005 2:59:51 AM

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i appreciate the support you folks so kindly have provided. for a while i felt like i was flailing around in the muck re this issue. happily, and with your collective help, i've resolved to order an ingalls rear camber/toe kit (1 arm for each side). also, i think i've FINALLY located and ordered my set of bilsteinsports for this project. what a joke that's become - a real comedy of errors! with ANY luck, i'll end up w/ fronts from 1 supplier and rears from another. (of course there are suppliers #3 and #4, for the camber and for the HR springs). luckily, i don't NEED to drive this thing (cuz it's impossibly LOW!). this process/project MUST be building character - what a test! i look fwd to posting/sharing and learning from some of your threads in the future.

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/6/2005 11:25:21 AM

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FINALLY! [this 'adding a photo' thing has been giving me fits] . i MAY have solved it.

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/6/2005 1:22:45 PM

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Jesus.... shes prettier than I thought she was.

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/6/2005 2:05:43 PM

Patrick

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wow..gorgeous...are those enkei wheels?

you do appear to have some negative camber in the rear there...are you going to less drop?

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RE: posting intro photo & seek camber advice - 4/6/2005 3:34:10 PM

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yes to the camber comment. i AM raising it, so i don't wreck bodykit, and so i can RELAX while driving it!! actually, that specific issue is how i got to this forum site - and am happy to be here. THIS PHOTO WAS MY VERY 1ST VIEW of her when delivered to Ca. from upstate NY, last month. GREAT transport group - thorough, competent, and NOT too expensive, comparitively. re wheels: Custom painted (the brightest white!) rims, Enkei Suzuka 215/45/17. next upgrade (after navigation/dvd ) may be tires, as it has fairly new Falken Zieks. ANY IDEAS FOR MORE?

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