camber kit questions, alignment front and rear questions and specs

[bus stop]

Anyone know if you can add a cmaber plate (like those from Cusco) onto the FIT stock suspension?


thanks

[dougiepants]

yeah you could as long as the company offers it for the Fit

[Fit7483]

Currently Cusco does not make anything in this line for the fit. They make a tower bar and a lower arm bar. For the most parts check J's Racing in Japan. They make the most stuff by far.

[Halo]

Originally Posted by claymore

You don't need a camber plate. The Jazz front suspension is adjustable up to 2degrees of pos and neg camber just by replacing the stock attachment bolts with special ones you can get from you friendly local honda dealer. You can find the procedure in the downloaded Jazz repair manual.

Do you have the part number? Thats very cool that this is a oem part

[dougiepants]

I am sure that Skunk2, Eibach, or another company will offer one once the Fit is released...

[Halo]

Thanks man that's cool!

[akrams]

hey im running 195/55/R15 tyres on my car which comes with 175/65/R14 tyres as standard, id like to know if the Wheel alignment specs have to be changed? if so what are the specs? tks

[andyk]

if ur only changing the tyres, just do the balancing of the car. and also theres no specs on the wheel alignment, cos the main purpose is to get the wheels aligned straight. a reason to wheel align is when uv changed springs or the car doesnt drive straight. and wearing of the tyres

[fad3r]

Will I be experiencing issues with camber when I drop my Fit? From what I recall, the suspension is setup different from my '96 Civic. I had to get a Skunk2 camber kit for my Civic, which was lowered with Eibach ProKit springs. If camber will be an issue with my Fit, how far can I lower my ride without affecting camber too much?

[triggerzer0]

maybe an inch, inch and a half tops

[brainfood]

All cars have camber affected by lowering. It will depend on the alignment shop and the car itself. Not everyones car will be exactley the same. But to be safe I would say an 1" or maybe 1 1/2" But depending on how you drive a little extra camber wont necessarily mean bad tire wear. I run -2.6* f and -1.4* rear on my current car but I drive it aggressivly and I get even wear. Bad Toe will destroy tires faster than any bad camber.

[dougiepants]

Well where mine is lowered it is running about -3.5 in the front

[gsilvers]

-3.5 is probably making for an awesome turn in feel but i bet your tires and mileage will be effected just a bit.

[guywdog]

I found this on the web, it's a Japanese site that has good pics about DIY camber adjustment for the Fit. I think you'll get some info from it, check it out...here..
http://www.club-miniban.com/fit_kyanba.htm



GWD

[dougiepants]

just like adding washers to the rear of a eg or ek suspension... Hmm doesn't look to hard, but no need for that at this moment... Good find though...

[xtreme]

you should check this. its the same site translated by google.

http://translate.google.com/translat...language_tools

[Tanabe USA]

Brainfood is right on the money--

Camber doesn't affect tire wear as much as you would think-- what affects tire wear the most is the toe. A bad toe setting will wear out a tire very fast! The highest priority is to get the toe setting back to factory specs.

A smaller drop should be correctable and still within factory settings.

[kkim]

cool... thanks for the info.

[smeister]

Cool, good find! I wonder if there will be any camber issue with a 1.5" drop. hmmmm

[kkim]

Originally Posted by smeister

Cool, good find! I wonder if there will be any camber issue with a 1.5" drop. hmmmm

Always check the alignment after you make any changes to the suspension. Most likely, you can get decent tire life if you set the toe back to spec... it will change when you drop the car.