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Old 01-02-2008 | 04:45 PM
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kragen says you cant align the rear 2 wheels and can barely align the front 2 because once lowering the car it eliminates the adjustable-ness of the camber, and i would need to get an adjustable arm or something?
 
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Old 01-02-2008 | 05:49 PM
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An adjustable arm, or upper link, or upper control arm... like these....

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Old 01-02-2008 | 06:29 PM
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exactly.
i believe stock, you can only really adjust rear toe....i tihnk.
im going to need a set of those adjustable rear camber links when i install my coilovers...
after 1 season, my tires are getting kinda bald on the inner tread...
 
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Old 01-02-2008 | 06:41 PM
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No. The lower control arms have an eccentric bolt through them. That will compensate forcamber, but only up to a point. And that's how I was able to adjust out about 1.5*s of - camber in mine.

 
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Old 01-02-2008 | 07:36 PM
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is it true those are 200 bucks a piece?
 
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Old 01-02-2008 | 07:36 PM
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ah yes, thats right.
i tihnk my front camber was still in the 'ok' zone after lowering it.
 
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Old 01-02-2008 | 07:54 PM
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exactly, and the back is like .4* off of being "ok" they wer saying for 600 bucks they could do it. PFFF not it.
 
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Old 01-02-2008 | 08:08 PM
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~$200/set.


 
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Old 01-03-2008 | 04:18 AM
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kragen tried charging me 600 dollars. whata joke. and this is why i do my own mods
 
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Old 01-03-2008 | 05:13 AM
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The ones in my pic are SPC's (I painted them blue.)Thereis often a seller or two that has them on eBay for a little less than $200. But there are also some cheap copycats out there that are not as good, so be careful.

 


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