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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 01:09 PM
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I just put my coilovers in and sage front rca's. Went to get an alignment and the camber is still -4 with my rca's.. Is that correct? Is everyone with rca's lowered getting that much negative camber??
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 01:12 PM
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How much are you lowered? RCA do not really reduce camber, especially when you're dropped really low due to the way the UCA swings.
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 01:24 PM
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I'm lowered alot.. Don't know the amount but I'm about 2.5 inches from the ground. I thought rca's correct camber a little bit. I guess not. So looks like I'll need aftermarket uca's.
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 04:08 PM
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Aftermarket UCA may or may not help your situation as much as you want them to. Your upper control arm ball joints are already sitting at an angle that's less than desirable. Having the aftermarket UCA can help reduce negative camber, at the expense of having the ball joint sitting at an even more extreme angle. If you want to reduce camber without stressing out the upper joints as much, remove the RCA and get the adjustable UCA. The downside is the roll center gets worse and the lower ball joint is now angling even further. It's a give and take situation until someone comes up with a shorter knuckle and/or new lower control arms.
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 04:11 PM
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Oh wow. It's like a lose lose situation..
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 04:16 PM
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Being low isn't for the faint of heart

You're that low, it's already accepted that you're going to get a good amount of camber wear whether you're at -3.5 or -4 degrees.

I mean 2.5" off the ground is really low... Aren't you afraid of getting stuck on speed bumps? I've seen some that makes me want to make a U-turn and find an alternate route, and even I'm not that low
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 05:32 PM
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Haha it's okay. I've been stuck plenty of times on my old car. Makes it a challenge. I guess my camber will suffer because I'm not going any higher
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 05:58 PM
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You should start to save up for air if you like to be low seriously...
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 06:15 PM
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pictures of ride height plox
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 07:13 PM
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what if someone was to take OE steering knucles and just cut em shorter? would that work?
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did you put in the positive inserts for the rca?
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I'm at -4* with RCAs all around too. I wish someone would make shorter knuckles for our cars.
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Originally Posted by lilsharky
did you put in the positive inserts for the rca?
inserts are for the rear RCA. his problem is regarding his front camber
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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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Oh thanks guys. Just making sure my car was messed up somehow haha.. This is the only picture I have right now..

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Old Aug 21, 2010 | 11:23 PM
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Fig is working on it... I just got my Mega arms last week....nice baby blue powder coat



he's also working on the front too...can't wait for that. PSsss... the rear end links are available at group buy price. got a set.
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