Ok, I lowered my car with H&R coilovers.

Now I'm trying to get it aligned and have the camber and toe set. Does the S2000 have a stock camber correction kit? I've been told it does, but I'm not a tech guy so I can't just look in the wheel well and understand what I'm looking at. I've been having a hard time finding a place that can do the job, so I stopped in at the dealer and they told me it doesn't have a camber adjustment kit on it.

So how do I fix the negative camber I have? Do I need to get a camber kit, or does the dealer just not know what they are talking about?

I need to get my camber fixed before I start going through tires left and right.

What settings do I use?

Anybody know a place around here that can do the job for me? Everybody keeps telling me that my car is too low to get onto the lift.

Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

What kind of a set up are you looking for. Stock specs, circuit, auto cross, etc?

 

Pretty much stock, I don't run the car on the track. I lowered it mostly for looks.

 

My mechanic has my Helms manual with the stock alignment specs, but there's a 100+ guys here that can give those to you.
My car is very low also. So you can compare it with yours the top of my tires are tucked up in the wheel wells 1/4 inch from sight.
I don't have my car here but I believe the nose was 2 and 13/16ths inch clearance.
First of all you need a 4 wheel laser alignment machine. To find one call some of the larger local tire stores like a Firestone, Goodyear, etc, they usually have the best alignment racks.
I doubt you are too low to get on, but the nose may need to be raised by driving the tires up on a couple small boards as you drive onto the rack.

The circuit alignment specs I just got from King are:

1/16" toe out front
1.5 degrees negative camber front
As much castor as possible front

1/4" toe in rear
2.5 degrees negative camber rear

Another member will give you the stock specs and you can compare them to these "at the limits" specs. Use stock specs or compromise as you see fit. You do not need any kits for these adjustments.

 

For the street I would consider closer to the factory spec just to avoid rapid tire wear. More along the lines of

 

I'd like to get it setup a little more aggressively than stock, but not to the point where I wear through tires quickly like I will how it is right now.

I'm lowered about 1.75" from stock. I have about a one finger gap front and back, never measured it though.

So does the car have a camber kit then? That's what I thought, but the service guys at Honda said it doesn't.

I'm just having a hard time finding a place that will do it for me. Most places say it sits too low to get up the ramps.

 

Call a couple local performance shops that do performance work on RX-7's, 911's or BMW's and ask them who they use for alignment. Tell them your car's low. One of the things that attracted me to racing is how friendly and helpful most people are.

 

Yeah, sounds like I'm going to have to make some phone calls.

 

I think the simple question that needs to be answered is whether or not our car has adjustable camber or not? I have asked this question before myself with no response.

 

Yes it is adjustable, but as you lower the car there is less room to adjust and you can wind up with a bit more negative camber.