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help car rearend is toeing in - 2/22/2008 9:02:43 AM

lumbee4live

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i recently bought a 97 eclipse gs and i need help. the car has lowering springs on it and it has atleast been dropped 2 inches the car drives good but the back to tires have toed inkinda bad the owner said he use to have to replace the back tires every 2 months because they eat out. is there any thing that can fix this i have had people look at at and they say it needs a alignment but theres no axle so what can be aligned?? and i just read the thread about chamber kit i have no clue what that does will that help???

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RE: help car rearend is toeing in - 2/22/2008 9:33:06 AM

TheEngineer

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Exactly, you need a camber kit. What you are getting is negative camber from lowering the car so much. Camber kits are usually cheap. What they do is adjust the angle of your suspension since its been modified from stock.
Here is a basic visual
http://www.nippontuner.co.uk/images/products/69CORRECTCAMBER.jpg

Here is a good site to look to buy them
http://www.cimotorsports.net/motor-sports/camber-kits/

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RE: help car rearend is toeing in - 2/22/2008 2:21:19 PM

lumbee4live

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ok here are some picture you can see it is laining in and toed in will the camber kit fix both of these?? and can i put it on my self??

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RE: help car rearend is toeing in - 2/22/2008 2:39:22 PM

lhausi2

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damn kidd that's bad, yeah get a camber kit and you'll be good

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RE: help car rearend is toeing in - 2/22/2008 3:34:20 PM

lumbee4live

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OK CAN I PUT IT ON MYSELF??

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RE: help car rearend is toeing in - 2/22/2008 5:24:35 PM

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yes you can. You need to take off the tire, then the brakes, and finally unbolt the control arm and thats where the camber kit gets installed

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RE: help car rearend is toeing in - 2/23/2008 12:48:47 PM

lumbee4live

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ok so which do i need to get just the bracket or the mount kit? i have no clue and it ask for degrees adjustment which do i get?? i do not know exactly how much it has been lowered

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RE: help car rearend is toeing in - 2/23/2008 7:38:47 PM

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i believe 0-1.5 should be fine for what you have. Anything more than that is really when you have coilovers and lowering the car over 2" which i doubt you have on jsut springs. And from what i can see it looks like all you need is the rear adjustment kit. Unless you notice alot of wear on the fronts as well. But yes for the rear its just the brakets with the spacers and long bolts.

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RE: help car rearend is toeing in - 2/23/2008 8:22:26 PM

lumbee4live

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ok thanx yea the front tires are fine they look just as good as they did the day i bought them but the back i have had to replace three times since last july. i see you can get it with washers/spacers should i get them?? i seen this pic on the internet what is this for

http://www.team-integra.net/sections/articles/showArticle.asp?ArticleID=654

what does the longer arm help do??

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RE: help car rearend is toeing in - 2/24/2008 5:50:07 PM

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Hahaha, dude lay off the pipe. Lose the Caps, use punctuation properly, and get spell check.

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