Lowering kit

tjlazer

I hear you might need the rear more than the fronts. But best to get both.

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johnnydrama

You don't HAVE to have a camber kit to put lowering springs on. But if you want to run OEM alignment settings you HAVE to have a camber kit to do so. When I put my springs on and had alignment done 2 weeks later i was far from OEM specs... There is some adjustment there to work with stock.. but not near enough to get to OEM specs. Sure you can get it as close as you can and the car will prolly still perform fine... But I can honestly say that after I put my camber kit on and got the front & rear back in to OEM specs the car seems to perform better in all categories... I can't remember exactly what my settings with springs (before the camber kit) were but I think I was at -2.5 in the rears and -1.5 in the fronts... OEM for my Nismo is -1.58 rear & -.58 front. Even with the camber kit I'm can't acheive OEM across the board due to the fact that the toe is affected by the springs also so I had to settle for a happy medium between camber and toe. Which is why I'm also looking for a toe kit. But anyways my point is you don't HAVE to have a camber kit... but if you don't it probably just means some extra wear & tear

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SPOHN

This is what you said. Where did you suggest to have them? To run a proper setup you need them. Not to would be silly. So why would you state you don't HAVE to? Because you have one doesn't suggest to get one.

tjlazer

I think you are being a little bit too knit picky here. What he is saying is that you do not need a camber kit. And he is right. But if you don't, expect uneven tire wear and replacing tires sooner than normal. Some like to run some neg camber. And a little is not too bad. But if you want OEM spec alignment, spend the $500+ on a camber kit.

But the point I was trying to make is, that on some cars, the alignment will be barely out of spec so a little neg camber will be fine and will most likely not wear out tires much faster than normal. So save the $700 camber kit/install fees... (ie Eibach Springs--some say it was very close to being in spec)

IMHO If your car is not your DD I think not having a camber kit would be ok... I ran a 1.2" drop on my Infiniti G35 coupe and had no camber kit on it. Camber was off but not too bad. Maybe an additional -1 degree front and rears. Tires lasted 36K miles. Not too bad!

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johnnydrama

You just qouted my last sentence! Try qouting the whole paragraph or just the second sentence in particular. And thank you tjlazer for clarifying what I pretty clearly stated. If you want OEM specs get a camber kit. If you don't care then don't. You don't even have a Z, let alone lowering springs or a camber kit for it. So don't come on here telling someone who does that they are wrong or right. I simply shared my experience with lowering springs and camber kit and how I chose to do it the right way. Nice life

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