Is the front camber adjustable?

[kgb_m3&z]

I lowered the crz last night using Tein high tech springs and was wondering if there's a way to adjust the front camber. The two bolts holding the hub to the shock didn't seem to have any room for adjustment.

The strut holes where the two 19mm bolts go are perfectly round and not oval like I would imagine them to be for adjustment.

I came across a thread here on alignment where the two bolts are mentioned to give slight room for adjustment. I may have overlooked it while doing the install.

It may just be me, but it looks like I have a slight case of positive camber up front...

Thanks for any help in advance...

[sohcsol]

To answer your question, no.

I took mine to an alignment shop after I lowered it, and was told there is no adjustability in front or rear camber. However, the camber was also not out of factory spec, and was close to 0 degrees on the front with a 1" drop, so no adjustments were needed except for the front toe angle.

You would need a front camber kit, and on the rear would require shims to be added in the suspension.

[kgb_m3&z]

^Thanks for the info

Hmm, wonder why the OP in the "800 mile alignment" thread stated the two 19mm bolts connecting the hub to the strut have slight room for adjustment.

I'm not so worried about being able to adjust camber, more worried that I threw camber off by lowering the car. I did pull out both front struts to replace springs...

[hotboxn]

If you ran thinner diameter grade8 bolts for the lower two bolts on the strut, wouldnt that provide you with some camber adjustment even if its only a degree-1.5+/-?

[kgb_m3&z]

To answer my own question for anyone that may also be interested in knowing. The camber is slightly adjustable. I ended up taking the car to a professional alignment shop, they were able to dial out the slight positive camber to slight negative. Quarter degree on one side and eighth degree on the other.

Had 0 on one side and positive .4 on the other. Toe was also off from the factory by .12 degrees.

Car seems to ride better after the alignment especially on the freeway at higher speeds.

[Koala Yummies]

Bringing back up from the dead to clarify:

The front suspension does allow for some camber adjustment.

Quote from the Helm manual:
"The front camber can be adjusted by exchanging one or both of the damper pinch bolts with the smaller diameter adjusting bolt(s). The difference between the adjusting bolt diameter and the pinch bolt hole diameter allows for a small range of adjustment.

NOTE: If you need to use an adjusting bolt refer to the Parts Catalog."

There is a range listed for exchanging one bolt, and the range doubles if both adjusting bolts are used.

And it shows an outline drawing of the two bolts.

This is the part number for the normal bolts:
90188-SCC-000 015 004 BOLT, FLANGE (14X57.3) 4.00 2.80
And I believe this is the adjusting bolt:
90188-SCC-A00 015 (4) BOLT, FLANGE (14X57.3) 4.00 2.80

I will confirm the bolt part shortly.

[sgtmorph]

Or you could just buy camber bolts for 30 bucks and get 2 degrees of camber adjustment.

[hotboxn]

Yep, thats what I did

[Koala Yummies]

Originally Posted by sgtmorph

Or you could just buy camber bolts for 30 bucks and get 2 degrees of camber adjustment.

You do see that the price of the bolts I listed, which are camber bolts, are less than $30, and made by Honda in Japan.

OEM Honda>aftermarket. $5.00 for OEM Honda bolts>$30 for 3rd party aftermarket bolts. Even if they were the same exact price, the quality will always be better with OEM Honda parts.

[roddy]

oem is not always better than aftermarket.