do i need a camber kit?
 

im looking to lowering my 2009 8, with some tein s tech spring. And im wondering if i need a camber kit to do so? please help. thanks.

No...Search there are tons of threads that start out just like this

no camber kit needed.
as dannobre said: search is your friend.

I have s-techs, trust me. ;)

nice, thanks.

i had them never needed it but if you slam it then you would

with my R3 low enough that you can't fit 1 finger between the tire and the fender, i needed no camber kit.

However, i think my alignment settings are probably a little more aggressive than most daily driver rx8's:

front is at -2.8* camber
0 toe

rear is -2.3* camber
0 toe

I run more than that currently.

Front Camber: -3*
Rear Camber: -3.5*

Ran those for daily and drift use. Will be dialing in less camber in the front from -3* to -2.5 and the rear will be going from -3.5* to -2*

I'm on sprint springs that have settled alot(2" advertised drop that is now 2.5"), but that is fine by me. When I go stances I should be at 3" or 3.5" drop.

I want pictures when you lower it that much. I'm betting it sets on the ground.

It would be like Tiltmode's car.

I'm at 2.5" and with my old mazdaspeed bumper, it had right around 4" of clearance.

"s of drops mean nothing, measuring from fenders is more accurate :icon_tup:

I've always wondered if "camber kits" allow for more positive camber than stock allows for. Indeed, when you get to a certain point you are forced to run negative but for the most part, no "camber kit" is needed.

that was the whole point of getting a camber kit... aka camber *correction* kit

Camber "kits" are not only to give considerably more positive camber.

On the typical car without adjustable camber, yeah, it's primarily a correction kit.

On some other car's it's used for fine tuning each side's camber if the OE system isn't precise or something is impeding an equal amount of degrees.

No way to tell if the the adjustable arms allow for considerably more positive camber until someone tries it out/reports.

Most kits can go more positive than negative. They're intended as a correction kit for cars that don't have factory adjustments.

Well dag-nabit, maybe I should pick some arms up and see what I can fit under ye' old fenders :)

wait...i thought thats why ppl get endlinks and swaybars ? dont they act like the camber kit ? or am i wrong in this department ? i always thought the endlinks are to adjust the camber ~

nope

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