istarzan

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I've never dropped a car before. I was thinking to get some coilovers or springs. I thought I'd just put those on and thats that. However, looking thru the forums, I see people that dropped, talking about camber kits and wheel offset.

I was wondering if someone could give me some basic info regarding this? I had no idea I needed to care about that, thought I could just drop. Thanks.

kumquatism

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The lower you go, the more negative camber your car gets. That's when the bottom of your wheels sticks out more than the top of your wheel. Some people like camber, some don't.
Typically, you don't need a camber kit unless you're doing a pretty big drop.

Depending on what you like, and what you're trying to achieve, you could get a camber kit to either
1) Negate the negative camber your drop has made
OR
2) add more camber to your car.



Offset is how far the hub mounting surface is from the center of the wheel. I can't seem to explain it properly, so I'll just link you. http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/tech/...jsp?techid=101

Given two wheel with identical measurements but different offsets, the one with positive offsets sits closer to the car. The negative offsets sit further away from the car, or sticks out more.

A note: a 19x10 +25mm wheel is not the same as a 19x9 +25mm wheel, as offset is measured from the center of the wheel. If you have more questions about wheel fitment and offsets, we have a big thread that you can scour for information.

Krinkles

^---- very nicely explained!

Krinkles

istarzan

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Thanks for the info guys!