tein lowering questions

[slammed95240sx]

alright i want to redo my suspension and lower my car a bit. i want to get kybs or something with tein s tech.
if i do this how will it affect my camber and stuff?

thanks

[Nisxsz]

sort of the samething I want to know. But i'm pretty sure after lowering your car ~2in your front will have negative camber. Then I dont know what to do about that part...

[badass240]

yeah im runnin s-techs, and i had some - camber, but it wasnt too bad, but i just put on some new ruca's and adjusted the camber, and all is well. i'm pretty proud of the s-techs tho, i love them, and makes the car look good

[slammed95240sx]

do you need to buy a camber kit to run them?

[badass240]

no, i bought the camber kit, to get rid of my - camber, which is when the top of ur tire is facing a little bit more inward. but i did that so i wont have to keep buyin tires. them shits spensive

[slammed95240sx]

so pretty much to do it right i will need to get the struts, lowering springs, and get a camber kit to keep it normal?

[v-empire]

by the time you do all that you are 1/4 away from getting some nice coilovers.


sell a decent to nice part and bam! you got coilover money.

:)

[Casey]

yes yes coilovers :) ftw

600 for shocks and springs....
150 - 200 for reliable rucas...
~ 50 for front camber plates.

get a cheaper set of coilovers for the same price that will blow the socks off the setup above

[Nisxsz]

let me get this straight. So coilovers = struts/shocks, springs, RUCAS(camber kit) ??? Then i'd rather do Megan coilovers OVER that whole complication...

[slammed95240sx]

yeah i want to get some coilovers but they are atleast 600. thats not even great. but idk yet.

[tc240]

let me get this straight. So coilovers = struts/shocks, springs, RUCAS(camber kit) ??? Then i'd rather do Megan coilovers OVER that whole complication...

RUCA's = Rear upper control arms... coilovers dont come with these... you'll still need them.

They come with front camber plates though... which you can adjust when getting alignment to make the tires within reason

I'm running -.5 up front
and almost -2.5 in the rear (no rucas)... and I can still make a set of decent tires last a year.

[Nisxsz]

oh ok. Thanks!

[tc240]

btw... teins won't give you the drop that I have... so you'll probably be like -1 to -1.5 camber... which isn't too far off from tolerance for the car stock :P.

[slammed95240sx]

well from what i have heard it seems i wont need a camber kit or anything...?

[Nisxsz]

RUCA's = Rear upper control arms... coilovers dont come with these... you'll still need them.

They come with front camber plates though... which you can adjust when getting alignment to make the tires within reason

I'm running -.5 up front
and almost -2.5 in the rear (no rucas)... and I can still make a set of decent tires last a year.

^^^refer back to that


well from what i have heard it seems i wont need a camber kit or anything...?

[Barnacles240]

dude....COILOVERS are expensive for a reason, and forget what people say about megans....there great, and well worth $900 just SAVE.....they are SOOOO worth it, you'll fall in love with your car like u did the day u bought it

[BruceAlmighty]

^

agreed.

[Bware113]

Do0d I've heard so many terrible things about the KYB and S-tech combo, word is they feel like crap, don't do it just save for coilovers well worth it trust me.

[swish_hotshot]

don't you have to do the corner wieghts adjustment to get them set up right?

[cbeuglas]

I have tien coilovers and I have had high performance struts and springs. The coilovers are the way to go. You have to remember that if you do the struts and springs that you will have to pay to get them installed, unless you have done it before. It can be pretty dangerous putting the spring on the strut. As far as camber goes you will most likely have to do something to correct it otherwise your tires will wear down pretty quick. How bad the camber is just depends on the amount of wear or sag in the suspension.

[slammed95240sx]

yeah ive decided that i will probaby go with the $800 teins