coilover/camber install
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Follow instructions and use the equipment properly, and you wont have any problems like this. You probably tightened one side unevenly or too far... Its really perfectly safe if you do it the right way.
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Re: coilover/camber install
Originally posted by ZimZimma13
Hi I'm new to posting....although I've been reading alot of old posts and learned alot of info! Thanks!
I have GC coilovers and Ingalls camber kit on the way and I cant decide between trying to install myself or having a shop do it. I read some old posts and you guys make it sound like coils are easy to do if you have time and semi know what you're doing. But what about the camber kit??? Can I install it and try to adjust it then just bring it to the shop and have them adjust the camber, alignment etc? I'll pay if I have to but im in college so money is tight and im still making car payments so i want to save money. by the way my car is a 98 EX coupe. Also If anyone found a site with some pics of doing this type of install that would be great. Thanks
Hi I'm new to posting....although I've been reading alot of old posts and learned alot of info! Thanks!
I have GC coilovers and Ingalls camber kit on the way and I cant decide between trying to install myself or having a shop do it. I read some old posts and you guys make it sound like coils are easy to do if you have time and semi know what you're doing. But what about the camber kit??? Can I install it and try to adjust it then just bring it to the shop and have them adjust the camber, alignment etc? I'll pay if I have to but im in college so money is tight and im still making car payments so i want to save money. by the way my car is a 98 EX coupe. Also If anyone found a site with some pics of doing this type of install that would be great. Thanks
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Re: Re: coilover/camber install
Originally posted by NoRiCeHeRe
I am looking into buying some springs as well. How much did those run you $$$?
I am looking into buying some springs as well. How much did those run you $$$?
You want springs or coilovers? theres a difference. I have special edition ground control coilovers and they cost me 278 shipped to my house. I got them off groupbuycenter.com If you're getting springs or coils you should be getting a camber kit too (I got Ingalls:thumbup: )
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Re: Re: Re: coilover/camber install
Originally posted by ZimZimma13
If you're getting springs or coils you should be getting a camber kit too (I got Ingalls:thumbup: )
If you're getting springs or coils you should be getting a camber kit too (I got Ingalls:thumbup: )
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So I jacked up the front end of my car this past weekend and started to try to install my coilovers and camber kit, but I'm clueless Im afraid I'll f**k something up. My dad is gonna try to get some of his mechanically inclined buddys to help me in a few weeks but If not ill have to pay to have it installed. Local shop quoted me at 300 for install, plus I'd have to take it to the next town for an alignment because they dont do them. IF IF I have to pay is that an ok deal???
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You can install it yourself.... We'll give you the help you need. PM me for instructions or questions or whatever. You don't need to waste your money paying someone else to do it. All you need is a good socket set, a jack, jackstands or cinderblocks and a spring compressor.
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I actually downloaded the entire 1000+ page manual to my computer:thumbup: found it in an old thread I'm hopefully gonna try to do it all in two weeks when Im outta school. Hopefully my Rotas are in by then too
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Originally posted by ZimZimma13
So I jacked up the front end of my car this past weekend and started to try to install my coilovers and camber kit, but I'm clueless Im afraid I'll f**k something up. My dad is gonna try to get some of his mechanically inclined buddys to help me in a few weeks but If not ill have to pay to have it installed. Local shop quoted me at 300 for install, plus I'd have to take it to the next town for an alignment because they dont do them. IF IF I have to pay is that an ok deal???
So I jacked up the front end of my car this past weekend and started to try to install my coilovers and camber kit, but I'm clueless Im afraid I'll f**k something up. My dad is gonna try to get some of his mechanically inclined buddys to help me in a few weeks but If not ill have to pay to have it installed. Local shop quoted me at 300 for install, plus I'd have to take it to the next town for an alignment because they dont do them. IF IF I have to pay is that an ok deal???
$300 is a LOT of money IMO. You can get a pretty nice toolset for that much. In reality, all you really need to do most suspension related jobs on a civic are:
-3/8" drive ratchet
-a bar to slip over the ratchet for leverage
-10mm, 12mm, 14mm, 17mm regular sockets
-14mm deep socket
-a 17mm wrench or another 17mm socket on a ratchet or breaker bar
I very much recommend the following (although when I first worked on suspensions, I didn't have this stuff):
-at least 1 pair of jackstands
-a jack with at least an 18" max lift height
-a pair of 2x4s if that jack's min lift height is higher than your car's jack points
-wheel chocks (or 4x4" blocks of wood)
Some other nice things to have are:
-a hammer (preferably a BFH )
-a sturdy large screwdriver or punch
-another small jack
-a buddy to help out
Good luck though and keep us updated.