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Old 03-09-05, 08:18 AM
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I just lowered my car and at the same time I bought rims and the rear tires butterfly and I was thinking is it okay or do some of you guys butterfly as well and if so what did you guys do to fix the problem or did you guys leave it for better traction. Let me know

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what is butterfly? you mean the negative camber (meaning the top of the wheel more inward than the bottom)? if so that's normal
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Originally Posted by VIP12
I just lowered my car and at the same time I bought rims and the rear tires butterfly and I was thinking is it okay or do some of you guys butterfly as well and if so what did you guys do to fix the problem or did you guys leave it for better traction. Let me know

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How low did you go?
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Yea the top of the rear tire sits inward.
I lowered the car 1.3 inches and put 19's on it.
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Yea the top of the rear tire sits inward.
I lowered the car 1.3 inches and put 19's on it.
What did you drop with? Brand springs or c/o? If so that is natural for any IS. The lower you go, you will see more negative camber. It's the characteristic of any double wishbone suspension.
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I went with Intrax srpings and the stock shocks. The ride is real nice, I was surprised. That's good to know that this is natural thanks for letting me know. Would a camber kit help? Wait do they make those for this car?
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I went with Intrax srpings and the stock shocks. The ride is real nice, I was surprised. That's good to know that this is natural thanks for letting me know. Would a camber kit help? Wait do they make those for this car?
If you go to an alignment shop, your camber should not be affected at all. I'm riding on Bilstein/Eibach which drops it about 1.5" and camber zeroed out.
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Thanks Flipside909 you have helped me out a lot. By the way you have a nice looking car, real clean.
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Originally Posted by VIP12
Thanks Flipside909 you have helped me out a lot. By the way you have a nice looking car, real clean.
yeah just like flipside said, an alignment should be ok. unless you lowered your car a lot (2+ inches) you should be fine
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Thanks Flipside909 you have helped me out a lot. By the way you have a nice looking car, real clean.
Thank you. I'll have more pics of the drop and etc later on. Still stuck here at work.
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I want to put photos of my car on the site but I do not know how to do it. I need some help with this process.
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I want to put photos of my car on the site but I do not know how to do it. I need some help with this process.
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