How to achieve -5 degrees of camber on front tires.

[Hiimzomby]

2022 sport touring. Need about 5 degrees of negative camber for my wheel to clear. Coils will only do 3. I’ve read that for each inch lowered it adds about another .75 degrees of camber. So a 2 inch drop will be an additional 1.5. How can I get that extra .5 degrees? I was reading about lower ball joints but can’t seem to find any for the 11th gen. Any help is appreciated!

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[tezzasaurusrex]

2022 sport touring. Need about 5 degrees of negative camber for my wheel to clear. Coils will only do 3. I’ve read that for each inch lowered it adds about another .75 degrees of camber. So a 2 inch drop will be an additional 1.5. How can I get that extra .5 degrees? I was reading about lower ball joints but can’t seem to find any for the 11th gen. Any help is appreciated!

You will not achieve that kind of camber gain on a macpherson strut.

Camber gained by use of an extended lower ball joint on your SI will not net you any additional clearance - it will actually reduce the available tyre clearance as it will move your entire hub assembly outwards.

I advise perhaps a revision of your wheel choice...

EDIT: I just saw your other post showing your wheels poking severely. Proceed with caution lol

 

[CTR]

I would get new wheels before attempting 5 degrees of camber. Probably an 8.5 instead of 9.5. This is why the FL5 has a factory widebody.

 

[Kyril]

I would get new wheels before attempting 5 degrees of camber. Probably an 8.5 instead of 9.5. This is why the FL5 has a factory widebody.

Why not 9.5?

 

[CTR]

Why not 9.5?

Because it’s a Civic Sport with much shallower fenders compared to a Type R. It might be possible to fit 9.5 with a proper offset but not the ones he bought.

 

[gamaarayz]

You can try low life projects fat boy extended camber plates but you'd need to get smaller springs to compensate for the thicker top plate. OR... just get proper spec wheels.. 9.5 fits fine on non-type r chassis, as long as it's +35 and higher offset, I'm not sure why people are saying it doesn't fit, I'm literally running 9.5 lol.

 

[CTR]

Everyone's definition of "fit" is different. If you have to run crazy aggressive camber and smaller springs I would define that as not fitting.

8.5" seems like a safe width with normal offsets for a non-widebody chassis. In the guy's other thread he shares photos and says he doesn't want to lower it or run crazy camber so his only option is to get different wheels.

 

[keller]

Everyone's definition of "fit" is different. If you have to run crazy aggressive camber and smaller springs I would define that as not fitting.

8.5" seems like a safe width with normal offsets for a non-widebody chassis. In the guy's other thread he shares photos and says he doesn't want to lower it or run crazy camber so his only option is to get different wheels.

9.5'' and 255 (even some 265) fit fine even with stock offset and stock camber on non-widebody civics. I have seen this in a couple of SIs. The main reason for the CTR widebody is the wider track length our cars have.

 

[heavyD]

Why not 9.5?

It's too wide unless you go with a high offset.

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