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Old 06-25-2013, 03:14 PM   #1
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I've never seen camber plates for a Box at a price I would describe as cheap.
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Old 06-26-2013, 11:43 AM   #2
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How much camber do you want Pothole? Anything beyond -.5 is going to diminish your braking ability and wear your tires out faster.
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Disagree. -0.5 is very, very mild and won't make the slightest bit of difference to braking, you'd have to have very, very extreme camber to compromise braking.

I've run miles more than that on the road before and not noticed any loss of braking performance whatsoever. Wear does go up a bit, but in my experience, I would draw the line at -2.5 for the road. Even at -2.5, the wear rate wasn't that bad.
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yea my experience is with showroom stock racing civics! I'm not sure what specs I'm going with on my street-only car. As it is, I have to drive at crazy speeds to get any serious slip (FUN) going.
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I've never seen camber plates for a Box at a price I would describe as cheap.
Sorry, I should have taken a bit more time to explain my position; I didn't mean cheap/expensive in terms of affordability. I was simply comparing the relative cost of camber plates ($300 used, $500 new) to the cost of adj lower control arms ($800 and up).
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