camber kit... needed or not??

[jameskersten]

Originally Posted by polacek

Ouch on the reference about kids. On the front I had a negative 1.1 on one wheel and 0.9 on the other. I am surprised that you say negative 3 is ok and you work at a Honda shop. In the shop manual, specs say plus or minus 1 for the front. I was starting to have tire wear on the inside, even though the toe was set within specifications. I could only imagine what 3 degrees would look like. Any car can handle any degree of toe, camber, caster; it is the wheels that suffer from the mis-alignment. Correct me if I am wrong, but power steering would be the only mechanical issue that would have any wear and tear. Another result of bad camber is a harder ride. Since I now have 0 degrees camber, I am using the entire tire surface which = a smoother ride.

Sorry about the "kid" comment. But usually the people i talk to about this at work are 16-18old kids with cut springs wondering why they are running through so many tires.
as for your -3degree comment, you are right about that spec, i was typing fast and in a hurry so i input it Wrong. your tire wear, i am sticking to my toe comment. 75% of the time, misaligned toe will cause more tire wear then camber. i have seen the proof on a number of occasions, maybe not true for your particular case but alot of the time its true.

[polacek]

It's all good I will agree, toe does play a huge part. In my opinion, 90% of tire wear. To get the other 10%, camber is the final touch. Of course no matter how good the alignment is, the biggest wear on tires are burnouts.