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Old 04-14-2013, 10:57 PM
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Camber bolts necessary?

After installing coilovers on both mine and my cousin's GDs, both wheels on the front driver's side had more camber than the other.

Love the droppage but before I get an alignment, I was wondering if camber bolts would be necessary? Or if the neutral camber on the passenger side would get resolved after the alignment?

Limited on $$ so I just wanted to make sure.. AND the uneven ride height is annoying
 
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Old 04-14-2013, 11:30 PM
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Unless your coilovers have ovaled holes for one of the flange bolts you're going to want to get the camber bolts installed BEFORE the alignment. That way the tech doing the alignment can address your camber and get the car aligned to spec in one trip.

If the coilovers do have ovaled holes then it'll be a tedious task of loosening, adjusting the camber, tightening, and making sure the camber is within spec with the factory bolts opposed to just loosing the bolt a smidgen, rotating the eccentric bolt (see picture below), and tightening to spec.



Honda has a "factory" camber bolt that should be cheaper than getting an aftermarket camber bolt/kit. The part number is 90188-SCC-A00.
 
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Old 04-15-2013, 08:52 PM
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negative camber isn't an issue. Make sure you get the toe adjusted, though.
 
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Toe will ruin your tires. Set it to zero and enjoy!
 
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Old 04-16-2013, 01:33 AM
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@solbrothers, oh no what's bothering me is the side with less than the other camber :/

But yes thanks for the help! Gonna call my dealership about the bolts and to see if they can align my car with it sitting lower than before since they gave me a good deal last time.
 
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