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Old 06-30-07, 09:41 PM
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Is anyone having camber issues using Eibach Pro Kit springs? I had my springs installed today and the place that aligned my car said the camber is off because of the springs. I am still running the stock 18's.
Old 06-30-07, 10:25 PM
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I have Eibachs, and yes the guy told me my camber was out, but it was still withing tollerance. What you need to be more concerned with is toe, toe has to do with the front wheels and how they track. All you should need is a toe adjustment and you should be fine.
Old 06-30-07, 10:38 PM
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of course you will have camber issues when you lower your car, you throw off the geometry of the entire car completely. A little bit of camber is actually not too bad for some drifting. Depends on how much you dropped the car all you gotta do is rotate your tires more often.
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You can't rotate the tires on the IS350 with 18" tires. They are staggered sizes, and unidirectional.

I have this problem on my lowered BMW. It eats the inside edges of my rear tires. Not enough camber adjustment to get this out. I only dropped about an inch all around.

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I solved this problem on my Supra with toe, not camber. How much camber does the BMW have?
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lobuxracer - not sure. I am due for a rot/bal (yes, I have same size all around) and will check the adjustments when I go in. They always give me a data sheet with the settings before / after an alignment, so I may have one done.

Also, I may put the original factory sport springs back on before I give the car to my son soon (when I buy my IS 350) to prevent this from happening any more. He could also use the extra ground clearance until he gains more experience.
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