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Old 03-22-15, 05:04 PM
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Hi I am ready to buy a camber kit for my 2011 is250 AWD. I am having trouble choosing the right one. There are just so many, like front upper and lower control arms, rear upper and lower control arms, and than front ball joint. Do I have to get everything? Thank you!
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For the rears you would be good with the (megan)rear toe arms and the (megan)rear cambers and for the fronts you could get the spc ball joins or the megan ones
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depends what you're trying to achieve fitment wise.. i'll pm you lol.
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I'm not going anything super crazy I just want to be able to adjust my camber easily. But If I don't have to buy both uppers and lowers for the front and rear I rather not. I'm just confused on if I should just buy uppers or just lowers and what is the difference between the two.
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Hey, I also have an awd. You are limited to ball joints for the front and in the rear: any rwd/awd camber parts will do as they are setup the same in the back.

I went with rear lower control arms from Figs. Mike is a suspension expert and is a really nice guy to deal with, so I encourage you to talk to him.
http://shopfigs.com/v1/index.php?rou...&product_id=55
http://shopfigs.com/v1/index.php?rou...mation/contact

As for the front, I purchased the SPC balljoints, but ended up selling them, because like you, I am not lowering that much anyways. I kept my Figs part because its a unique, one of a kind piece

PM me if you have any awd lowering questions!
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It really just depends on your wheel AND tire fitment, and ride height

If you want to go slammed with not so aggressive wheels then going without a camber kit might be up your alley. Unless you have $$ to throw around and want to properly fit aggressive wheels and ride low static then I'd suggest the front upper camber kits because thats whats going to give you the most trouble. The back wheels have much more room to work with in comparison to natural camber.

Ofcourse this is all depending on my first sentence.
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They dont make front camber kits for 2is AWDs... balljoints by spc are your only option fyi. Any of the front arms (of any kind) that you see are for rwd.
Again the front ends of our AWDs are different than the rwds.... the rear is the same however.
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If I remember correctly AWD can adjust camber on the stock setup to a certain amount unlike RWD which needs aftermarket kits.
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yup this is true ^
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I'm sitting pretty low on coilovers right now but I'm gonna be switching to bags come spring. Wheels are 17x9.5 +30, -3 camber all around. Tires are 235/45/17.
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Part Number for the FRONT UPPER CONTROL ARMS is the Exact Same for AWD & RWD it's Actually the Rear Upper Control Arm that is Slightly Different......Look Up the Part Number and See for Yourself....
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