Coilover installation questions
Also I will get an alignment done once I fix the ride height. Does anyone know if you can adjust camber without a kit? If not, what is a good camber kit, I know Megan offers one, but I didn't hear anything good about their products.
Only Megan and FIGS have camber kits for our rears that I know of. I have the rear kit from FIGS, see here. Its two pieces, the lower control Mega arms and the toe links. The Megan kit is three bars, two camber and the toe.
As for the front, the AWD has a partial adjustment, so I didn't need one (although technically I am out of spec nor am I dumped). FIGS is in the process of making an upper control arm for camber. I don't know if its done yet. SPC makes adjustable upper control arm ball joints to replace the stock ball joints. They are around $180+-. I think a few of the ISx50 guys have successfully installed those. There is a thread on the 2IS forum.
As for the front, the AWD has a partial adjustment, so I didn't need one (although technically I am out of spec nor am I dumped). FIGS is in the process of making an upper control arm for camber. I don't know if its done yet. SPC makes adjustable upper control arm ball joints to replace the stock ball joints. They are around $180+-. I think a few of the ISx50 guys have successfully installed those. There is a thread on the 2IS forum.
I haven t heard anything negative about the Megan camber arms the IS x50 rears work on our car and TopSpeed IS300 front camber kit works on our ride VIPNISS has them on his car and likes em I am not running any arms I have my toe in spec and my camber is at 3.3 and 3.5 in the rear and 3.0 and 2.9 in the front my tires have actually been wearing really good considering the camber and stretched tire especially with my driving habits I do not drive my car like a ***** I push that micky blicky!!!
So it seems like I don't need a front camber kit since AWD already has a partial adjustment. So how many camber kits would I need for the rear, one for each wheel? Also what is toe?
Yeah the AWD's have a stock bolt that can adjust the camber. Question is, are you going for positive or negative camber? Many guys on CL want to run more negative to tuck the wheels. Personaly, I want my tires to be in spec with factory settings because I don't prefer to buy tires every year or so. Also depends on how low you are. I'm was at a -1.5 in the front equally, and I was a -2.0 in the rear before the camber kit. The front was the closest to spec I could get and the rear needed a kit bad. With the FIGS kit, I'm back to spec, -1.0 I believe.
Toe is more important than camber. If you do add a camber kit, the toe bars are a must. You would need both sides, left and right, but most kits are already both sides. It just depends on which route you wanna take.
Toe is more important than camber. If you do add a camber kit, the toe bars are a must. You would need both sides, left and right, but most kits are already both sides. It just depends on which route you wanna take.
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Yeah the AWD's have a stock bolt that can adjust the camber. Question is, are you going for positive or negative camber? Many guys on CL want to run more negative to tuck the wheels. Personaly, I want my tires to be in spec with factory settings because I don't prefer to buy tires every year or so. Also depends on how low you are. I'm was at a -1.5 in the front equally, and I was a -2.0 in the rear before the camber kit. The front was the closest to spec I could get and the rear needed a kit bad. With the FIGS kit, I'm back to spec, -1.0 I believe.
Toe is more important than camber. If you do add a camber kit, the toe bars are a must. You would need both sides, left and right, but most kits are already both sides. It just depends on which route you wanna take.
Toe is more important than camber. If you do add a camber kit, the toe bars are a must. You would need both sides, left and right, but most kits are already both sides. It just depends on which route you wanna take.
I'm not sure, I doubt it since I didn't have vibrations on springs. I have to remove and remount the wheels then drive it more. Been real busy and haven't drove it since the night of installation.
Lex, each part you buy will come with the left and right side. With that said, you will have to buy 3 Megan bars for the back (as a set, you will get 6 bars total - 3 for each side) or FIGS Mega Arms and toe links. It will depend on you but those are the only two manufactures that make products to adjust the rear camber on our cars. Also, if you are going to lower your car enough to tuck your wheels, I would suggest a kit for up front. The stock adjustment may not be enough for you. I am a little out of spec in the front and I already see uneven tire wear after 6 months, enough to go and get my wheels flipped. I don't know all the companies out there for the front, but SPC and FIGS make kits to correct camber in the front.
Vibration has been pretty much nailed down to the front axles. 187 is doing some work on his AWD to fix, which sounds really hopefull. We should find out soon. Thread of his work is in the suspension area of the 3GS forum.
Good luck...
Vibration has been pretty much nailed down to the front axles. 187 is doing some work on his AWD to fix, which sounds really hopefull. We should find out soon. Thread of his work is in the suspension area of the 3GS forum.
Good luck...
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