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Old 03-23-09 | 12:42 PM
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Ok, so I am aware of the height difference in the front, where the front right wheels sits a little higher than the front left. But I am on coils and have made the fronts even heights and the rears even heights from the ground to the tip of the wheel well.

But my problem is that my rear left has more negative camber than my rear right side. the right is flush with the fender, while it appears the left is sunken in about 5-10mm more.

Anyone ever experience this or have a solution?
Old 03-23-09 | 08:46 PM
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yeap...mine is like this too...its the design of the IS, nothing you can do about it besides getting a camber kit...megan racing makes them.
Old 03-23-09 | 10:33 PM
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im going to look into this issue.....going to talk to the alignment guy.
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yeah its pretty scrwed up. I can have even camber and uneven ride hide or even ride height and uneven camber. wihch is worse for the car and which will have more tire wear, what do you guys think?
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why dont u just get a camber kit? megan racing has them as stated already and have BOTH! you can have ur ride height the way you want and ur camber the way you want! I'm going to be buying the camber kit soon, i will give a headsup on how it works out
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Originally Posted by blklexo818
why dont u just get a camber kit? megan racing has them as stated already and have BOTH! you can have ur ride height the way you want and ur camber the way you want! I'm going to be buying the camber kit soon, i will give a headsup on how it works out

I have actually known about that camber kit for a while now, but i dont know anyone on here that has actually installed it. Many have said from the design it looks like it would create a a lot of cabin noise (something about no rubber bushings), so im not to0 anxious to buy this. i am waiting for several people install it and give it a informal review.
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cabin nose or unwanted drop high/uneven camber? worst comes to wost buy some rubber fillings and push them into the kit. i personally wouldn't care if it made noise...if it did, just turn the volume up a little bit
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in a week or two i will have a definite answer on whether or not the megan camber kit will really help that much. or how much work the stock suspension needs
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Originally Posted by AM1
in a week or two i will have a definite answer on whether or not the megan camber kit will really help that much. or how much work the stock suspension needs

did you buy the megan camber kit?
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^^ not yet. the alignment guy is going to look over the design of the stock suspension and see how necessary a kit will be, same with the suspension car lowered, etc. plus, i wonder how good the megan kit will be. anyways...
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^^ not yet. the alignment guy is going to look over the design of the stock suspension and see how necessary a kit will be, same with the suspension car lowered, etc. plus, i wonder how good the megan kit will be. anyways...

yeah thats what im worried about... im not sure on how the quality of the megan kit will be. I wonder if anyone on CL has even bought these for a 2IS yet.
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Originally Posted by moo_juice
yeah thats what im worried about... im not sure on how the quality of the megan kit will be. I wonder if anyone on CL has even bought these for a 2IS yet.
im sure someone has already gotten it before, the question i think is, if it was properly installed and put at the right setting.
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moo_juice, do you have coilovers? or just springs?
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im on tanabe sustec 5 coils
Old 03-31-09 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by moo_juice
the right is flush with the fender, while it appears the left is sunken in about 5-10mm more.
You said that your rears are uneven, why dont you readjust your heights take your car in for alignment and check to see if your new camber value is same for the rear left and right?


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