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Old 10-28-11, 02:49 PM
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What kind of camber kits are you guys using to correct your camber? I just installed my Exact Motorsports RCA's today but it seemed to make my camber even more negative than before. In the front I'm about 2 degrees and in the rear I'm about 1.7 degrees with everything maxed out...
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it really depends on how much you are lowered, your wheel setup, etc.

but.... all that spec's aside, mines around that maybe even more with stock tires, no RCA.

camber on the gs is really bad
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Here's a pic to give you an idea how low my car is.
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im liking the setup.....
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tats relatively low camber for your setup, u should be happy

my friends getting like -3 camber with his euroline setup right now.
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Originally Posted by tn96dc
What kind of camber kits are you guys using to correct your camber? I just installed my Exact Motorsports RCA's today but it seemed to make my camber even more negative than before. In the front I'm about 2 degrees and in the rear I'm about 1.7 degrees with everything maxed out...
front or rear rca?

front rca increases camber.
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Originally Posted by TheRyanGS
im liking the setup.....
Me too!.........
Old 10-28-11, 03:55 PM
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The car is lowered so natural camber is happening, aslong as your toe is good i think you will be fine.
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Originally Posted by phillygs3
The car is lowered so natural camber is happening, aslong as your toe is good i think you will be fine.
What he said.

If you're running like -3 camber your tires will last about 4 months or so on one side, if you flip them you could almost double that time. If you want to correct camber just get SPC front control arms or wait for FIGS to release his and get his MEGA ARMS for the rears along with some RCA's. Doing that will have you a-ok.
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The more - Camber, the better
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How does the directional performs when it gets flipped?


Originally Posted by LuxuryGS3
What he said.

If you're running like -3 camber your tires will last about 4 months or so on one side, if you flip them you could almost double that time. If you want to correct camber just get SPC front control arms or wait for FIGS to release his and get his MEGA ARMS for the rears along with some RCA's. Doing that will have you a-ok.
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What would be good toe? like 00.0 inch toe with about -3 camber up front?

Originally Posted by phillygs3
The car is lowered so natural camber is happening, aslong as your toe is good i think you will be fine.
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Originally Posted by GS400onDUB
What would be good toe? like 00.0 inch toe with about -3 camber up front?
correct, I have -4.5 camber in the front and -5.5 in the rear. When my toe was off I was lucky to get 1000 miles on my tires before I had to flip them. With the figs toe arms I was able to get my toe in spec. And tire ware is allot better now . If I remember I think the gs calls for some camber, but correct me if i'm wrong.
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Originally Posted by GS4_Fiend
How does the directional performs when it gets flipped?
Well it's easier for me to give an example than to explain..

Say I need the front driver side tire flipped, okay.. So you flip the tire, but then you put the driver wheel on the passenger side instead of back on the driver's.. This causes the direction to be flipped the other way, so they're still directionally correct. When you flip the tires you flip which side the wheels are on.
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Originally Posted by onihc
front or rear rca?

front rca increases camber.
I installed the front RCA's... increase as in more negative or more positive? thanks for the input everyone I was looking at the mega arms for the rear but not quite sure what to use in the front


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