View Full Version : posting intro photo & seek camber advice


g6ex6
04-01-2005, 04:41 PM
trying to post pic, but ? i am planning strut/spring job. car already low, but not well-tuned ride. upgrading to Bilstein Sports & HR Sports. will have 1.75 frt & 1.5 rr drop. should i wait til after strut/spring install & align before i buy frt & rr camber kits (ball joints/upper contril arm)?

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Patrick
04-01-2005, 06:03 PM
is that taken in an enclosed trailer? is that a race car of some sort, or are you just keepin it clean for the shows?

g6ex6
04-01-2005, 06:51 PM
patrick - no engine mods. a real looker. i found it online, flew to see it, pondered and paid, then shipped enclosed from ny to ca. had it 1 mo. stays in garage. it has 28,000 on it, and a mediocre susp. its being too low for driving motivates my current plan. trying to move ahead quickly to minimize scraping of bodykit. plus of course i want to drive it!!! (more pics avail. can email) thx, mark

WheelBrokerAng
04-02-2005, 03:20 AM
Must aligne it before you drive it cause maybe it hasn't been aligned which means the tire are gonna wear out quickly..

I could live in that Enclosed trailer as long as I had a computer hook-up..
Nice out fit you have and Welcome To The Forums..

WheelBrokerAng

Patrick
04-02-2005, 02:02 PM
the hondas are very bad for camber issues on lowering..when working as a tech, i had a few customers and when lowering more than a half inch...they got into SERIOUS tire issues...

g6ex6
04-02-2005, 02:06 PM
so is your advice to go ahead with camber kits all around, or wait til i "read" how close camber can be dialed in, then buy correct kit(s)?

g6ex6
04-02-2005, 02:10 PM
patrick - also i'm LESSENING the current drop, though i don't trust previous owner to have necessarily completed job (by adding camber corrections).

Patrick
04-02-2005, 02:20 PM
i would never lower a car with lowering springs or coilover kits without a camber kit. just because of the damage to the tires and drivability issues.

remington870_20ga
04-02-2005, 04:53 PM
Hmmm..... nice car. I cant drive mine right now either, she is in the tranny O.R. for a faulty tanny.

WheelBrokerAng
04-06-2005, 04:01 AM
I fully agree with Patrick on this camber issue...camber your ride or get ready to purchase more tires in the very near future...

WheelBrokerAng
:eek:
ORIGINAL: Patrick

i would never lower a car with lowering springs or coilover kits without a camber kit. just because of the damage to the tires and drivability issues.

g6ex6
04-06-2005, 04:59 AM
i appreciate the support you folks so kindly have provided. for a while i felt like i was flailing around in the muck re this issue. happily, and with your collective help, i've resolved to order an ingalls rear camber/toe kit (1 arm for each side). also, i think i've FINALLY located and ordered my set of bilsteinsports for this project. what a joke that's become - a real comedy of errors! with ANY luck, i'll end up w/ fronts from 1 supplier and rears from another. (of course there are suppliers #3 and #4, for the camber and for the HR springs). luckily, i don't NEED to drive this thing (cuz it's impossibly LOW!). this process/project MUST be building character - what a test! i look fwd to posting/sharing and learning from some of your threads in the future.

g6ex6
04-06-2005, 01:25 PM
FINALLY! [this 'adding a photo' thing has been giving me fits] . i MAY have solved it.

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remington870_20ga
04-06-2005, 03:22 PM
Jesus.... shes prettier than I thought she was.

Patrick
04-06-2005, 04:05 PM
wow..gorgeous...are those enkei wheels?

you do appear to have some negative camber in the rear there...are you going to less drop?

g6ex6
04-06-2005, 05:34 PM
yes to the camber comment. i AM raising it, so i don't wreck bodykit, and so i can RELAX while driving it!! actually, that specific issue is how i got to this forum site - and am happy to be here. THIS PHOTO WAS MY VERY 1ST VIEW of her when delivered to Ca. from upstate NY, last month. GREAT transport group - thorough, competent, and NOT too expensive, comparitively. re wheels: Custom painted (the brightest white!) rims, Enkei Suzuka 215/45/17. next upgrade (after navigation/dvd ) may be tires, as it has fairly new Falken Zieks. ANY IDEAS FOR MORE?

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remington870_20ga
04-06-2005, 06:02 PM
Yes I do!!!! ANGEL EYES! My sig pic are mine on my civic... you would never guess that the picture below was a 2000 Honda Civic would you? :D.

g6ex6
04-07-2005, 12:39 PM
so do ya like BIG butts?!

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g6ex6
04-07-2005, 12:40 PM
THE END!!

remington870_20ga
04-07-2005, 05:23 PM
huh?

g6ex6
04-07-2005, 05:30 PM
i know i got off-topic. just celebrating having solved my earlier quandry re posting/adding photos. that's all. besides, i enjoy finding pics of cars here, so others may (and do) as well. [no harn-no foul]

remington870_20ga
04-07-2005, 06:30 PM
You should REALLY look into the Angel Eyes. From what I have seen, Angel Eyes are one of the best things you could do for extiorior qwick fix. All I can say is look at my sig and see how bad a$$ that looks... the Accords pull those head lights off pretty well.

I recommend clear Angels: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=7965962069&category=33710

WheelBrokerAng
04-08-2005, 03:19 AM
Your car is really sweet looking, much work and cash makes them looking good..

WheelBrokerAng

g6ex6
04-08-2005, 03:36 AM
copy that, red-rider! this sweet thang found ME, not vice versa. i guess that is their way, is it not? now i'm faced w/ tuning it. 1st the susp and drive-ability. THEN - perhaps it's some GO-FAST of some kind (turbo $$$!! or NO2??). i'm clueless, especially after the ride i've been thru coordinating my current task-at-hand!! bilstein sports/hr's/SPC rear kit converging midweek next week, i hope. ... ... ...

g6ex6
04-08-2005, 03:48 AM
come on - give it up - about the EYES!!

remington870_20ga
04-08-2005, 02:09 PM
Lay off the sauce man! Lol:D

g6ex6
04-08-2005, 02:24 PM
i heard that!!