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Camber wear needed advise

Old 12-10-08, 09:36 PM
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im having really bad camber wear in the rear and a little bit in the front. What are the different camber kit out there and which one would you guys prefer for 03 ls430?
Old 12-11-08, 07:37 PM
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I got the +1 factory rear camber bars because I wore the crap out of the insides of my 20" tires with the car lowered. The bars really make a difference and put the tires more vertical where they should be.
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the front has factory adjustment on the lower control arm for camber. Kit is required for caster.
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Originally Posted by ancdmd
I got the +1 factory rear camber bars because I wore the crap out of the insides of my 20" tires with the car lowered. The bars really make a difference and put the tires more vertical where they should be.
What is the bar call? where can i buy it? how much is it? and does this go for front or rear? i need the rear badlly thank you
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the bar can be found at your local lexus dealer. just asj them for the rear lower control arms section in their computer and it will show up with 3 different types of arms. one for positive camber, one for negative camber, and one with no camber.
i dont remember how much it cost, but i think each dealer is different.
the arms are for only the rear.
if you are looking for a complete adjustment for your suspension you might want to find someone who can bring in nagisa auto. mode parfume sells them also under their name just to make some money because a lot of poeple dont know of nagisa auto. they make fully adjustable suspension arms for the lexus ls430 for the front and rear of your car.
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nagisa auto does not show anything on there site for the LS430 only the 400.
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Originally Posted by eyft23
the bar can be found at your local lexus dealer. just asj them for the rear lower control arms section in their computer and it will show up with 3 different types of arms. one for positive camber, one for negative camber, and one with no camber.
i dont remember how much it cost, but i think each dealer is different.
the arms are for only the rear.
if you are looking for a complete adjustment for your suspension you might want to find someone who can bring in nagisa auto. mode parfume sells them also under their name just to make some money because a lot of poeple dont know of nagisa auto. they make fully adjustable suspension arms for the lexus ls430 for the front and rear of your car.
So do i need possitive, negative, or no camber?
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You need the 1-degree positive bars. Right now you have the standard bars, which give you too much negative camber with the car lowered. The bars cost around $300 total if I remember correctly, and I ordered them from Carson Toyota in California. My tire shop installed them before doing an alignment.
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the most inexpensive way is get the oem one.

the nagisa auto one is worth it only if you want more negative camber. normal people will not consider those parts for "tire wear issue"
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Are you sure its camber? It kinda sounds like a tow issue. Try spending 60 something dollars on a basic alignment before dropping a couple hundred on these bars.
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Originally Posted by big_blzr94
nagisa auto does not show anything on there site for the LS430 only the 400.
actually nagisa does sell them for the celsior 30/31( lexus ls430)
here's a translated version. try go down the opage and you can see that they do.

http://babelfish.yahoo.com/translate...rUrl=Translate
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