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Old 01-12-11 | 09:45 AM
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Hey guys, I was looking to buy Coilovers.
The megan ones to be exact (Ez or LP)
and i was wondering if I needed like a Camber kit, Camber control arm, Toe Control arm, Stuff like that?

And do you guys have anything information that would be useful to know when installing Coils?
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Old 01-12-11 | 09:48 AM
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Installing coils on our cars is the easiest I have ever done on any car. Really simple. Depending on what offset and wheel size your going to be running will determine if you need a camber kit. Im pretty sure they only sell the rear camber for out cars. For the same price of the Megan LP, you can get the BCR Coils and they are wayyyyy better. Talk to CircuitMS in the vendor section, he will set you right
Old 01-12-11 | 09:56 AM
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Oh so after i throw on some agressive wheels, i will need a Camber kit or a control arm right?
Installing the Coils is easy? Thats going to save me some moneyyy!
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No control arm, just camber if you wanna sit flush and save your tires
Old 01-12-11 | 10:01 AM
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do you guys know where i can find a camber kit? Ive been looking for them in the Vendor forums and they said they dont make them for our car yet!!!
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Megan makes a rear camber kit for our cars. Just Google it and you will find one
Old 01-12-11 | 04:21 PM
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cool, thanks! ima buy coils and camber soon! VERY SOON!!!
No more monster truck look! lol
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Anyone has KWV1 on their IS? would like to see some pics.
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If you order the Megan camber kit you will also need the Megan upper control (traction) arms. Possibly the toe arms as well depending on how much negative camber you're at now. I installed just the camber arms last week and was not happy to realize I would have to drop another $200-400 on arms to acheive proper camber adjustment. The is 300 spc ball joints worked great on the fronts though!
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Originally Posted by rcJten
If you order the Megan camber kit you will also need the Megan upper control (traction) arms. Possibly the toe arms as well depending on how much negative camber you're at now. I installed just the camber arms last week and was not happy to realize I would have to drop another $200-400 on arms to acheive proper camber adjustment. The is 300 spc ball joints worked great on the fronts though!
This is not been verified yet. Camber kit should be enough. If your running crazy low then its possible you will need other components. But for most that are lowered the camber kit should be used and will help keep your alignment in check.
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Originally Posted by CarbonDtls
This is not been verified yet. Camber kit should be enough. If your running crazy low then its possible you will need other components. But for most that are lowered the camber kit should be used and will help keep your alignment in check.
Uh, yeah, it has been verified first hand. If you just use the camber arm for adjustment the hub will pivot on the connection point of the upper traction arm causing toe in. It's true that the factory toe adjustment arm will be able to compensate for a small amount of toe, but if you need that small of a camber adjustment then you probably didn't need to adjust camber in the first place.

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I wouldn't buy a camber kit for the rears..you would need front before rears. My is250 is on some spings and I need tires after 15,000 miles or so. And No my car isn't slam. My fronts wears down really fast.
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Originally Posted by EVOIX
I wouldn't buy a camber kit for the rears..you would need front before rears. My is250 is on some spings and I need tires after 15,000 miles or so. And No my car isn't slam. My fronts wears down really fast.
I highly recommend getting the spc ball joints. They're kind of a pita to install but so worth it.
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Where can these spc ball joint be puchased at?
Old 03-28-11 | 12:26 PM
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So let me get this straight, there is no camber kit available for the front on a IS350?



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