I bought some (lightly used) KYB adjustable shocks with Eibach springs (20mm lower).

 

When i get them fitted, will I need to do anything else like fit a camber correction kit?

 

My car's on 18" wheels.

 

Thanks in advance! :hyper:

Yes, because you're lowering the car the camber will be out. The rear can be adjusted as standard but the fronts cannot so you will need some form of camber correction...

Any idea where I could get such a kit?

Could try asking Danny @ DTA for options :)

Cheers Andy

I've got some coming in about 3 weeks time. Get in touch with me to reserve/pay for yours as these tend to go quite quickly.

 

Powertrix adjustable front upper arms: £215 plus £15 postage.

 

Cheers!

 

Dan

What size wheels you running on yer Zed bud ?

smithy

I've got some coming in about 3 weeks time. Get in touch with me to reserve/pay for yours as these tend to go quite quickly.

 

Powertrix adjustable front upper arms: £215 plus £15 postage.

 

Cheers!

 

Dan

dont forget to fit the lower tension rods too or it will trash the bearings in the upper arms ;)

Yes, because you're lowering the car the camber will be out. The rear can be adjusted as standard but the fronts cannot so you will need some form of camber correction...

 

The rear only ajust 3degrees I think and a 40mm drop will require 5 or 6 degree of ajustment. You can get The Whiteline rear camber ajstment bush kit which increases the standard ajustment by an extra 5 degrees. Its cheeper than a complete arm at about £50 but still needs the original arms dropping to fit.

isnt there a cheaper way of adjusting the front camber.. i think i have read a thread about using shims?????

A 20 mm drop will give you nearly a 1 degree camber change on standard wheels which gives much more front end feel at high speeds.

You can use shimms which are just small "washer type" discs that are added to the mounting bolts - very simple solution that needs to be done by someone who knows what they are doing.

 

Ivan

okso what about 1cm drop?

I dropped mine by 30mm with no correction or shims and on the laser alignment machine I had 2.2degrees of front camber (standard is 1degree).

However after drivin it I found that the front end grip is greatly improved at high speed and generally makes the car more responsive (it could just be the fact that I had new, rather than old, springs).

Two years and 33 laps of the ring later and I have no problems with any of the suspension and geometry parts just bloody speed bumps.

 

Ivan

oh and no understeer at all, even in the wet

apart from when I turned at 160 mph on a french motorway

I backed off to 140 for the corners after that particular moment :shock:

 

Ivan