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NSX Camber Kit Before and After Photos
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Any updates? I'm still trying to stay off the road with those nasty negative camber. Hate to ruin my 315's before it's time.
Best Regards
Paul
Best Regards
Paul
315, god that's one hell of a wide tire! 
still awaiting info....... tick ......tock....tick... tock...
still awaiting info....... tick ......tock....tick... tock...
We are presetly ensuring the first run, proto-type check, is within tolerances. Schedule has not been changed. NSX parts are so few manufacturing puts this product on the back of the run list. I am attempting to keep them on schedule, still July.
Me too!
NSXDreamer2 said:
Given an aggressive track alignment and lots of negative camber, the car need stay on the race track in order to see even wear over the entire life cycle of the average 10/32nd depth street tire IMO. No matter how you classify your driving style and skills, it is almost near impossible to typically curtail it with frequent street use. At least none of the streets I am aware of. :wink:
IMO even for the most avid enthusiast, any extended highway driving, even just going to and from the track, will definitely more quickly wear the insides right out; which most definitely gets pricey- especially on an NSX. A clear balance between dollars and performance, an in an ideal world of limitless go-fast funds a compromise that would be but an after thought.
Likely few vehicles and applications short of off-road only competitive environments truely warrant such consideration by most enthusiasts, which is why OE manufacturers edge towards highly conservative with their settings. Most enthusiasts are best to leave their alignment settings relatively closer to the OE side (little more aggressive is usually ok on most production street cars) unless they are seeing an irregular wear problem on frequent track days or can otherwise justify the added cost associated with having a shorter life cycle for their rubber.
John@Microsoft said:
But for the daily driver, would not the benefit of this kit be to correct the problem?
Shumdit said:
I would say it would be highly unfair to charecterize the higher tire wear on the NSX as a 'problem'. The NSX was designed as a street-able well mannered supercar. Some level of difficult technical compromises were neccessary by the designers 15+ years ago. Owners then complained about excessive tire wear early on, and they regressed on the specs to accomodate them. Fast forward to modern day.. and I think what you are really seeing, is that as the entry cost of the NSX platform has now slipped essentially below 20 grand on the used market, you will increasingly be seeing a lot of new owners that want the vehicle to behave like an even better daily commuter, similar to other sports cars that they may have driven whereas they can get 25,000 miles off a set of tires driving back and forth to work everday.
The NSX like most production sports cars is adjustable as-is within a certain range. IMO, for most owners the factory range offers enough of an adjustment range to be adequate provided they are using the right specs. Camber kits are designed to allow adjustments outside of that range on either end of the spectrum. For some applications they can be made adjustable and for others they are static/fixed (as-is the case with the offering from CT given the ball joint design on the hub of the NSX).
In Motorsports, there have been a lot of camber kits available over the years for for many different production sports cars, to solve many different problems. Every vehicle and owner application is typically very different- thus what might be ideal for one owner on one vehicle would be flat out wrong for another. It just depends on what, in the big picture, you are really trying to accomplish with your vehicle. Once you move over to aftermarket adjustable suspensions, lower the car significantly with 1.5-2.0" + drops, widen tracks, etc.. and start making other changes with supporting modifications with significant deviation from OE- several variables often come into play for a given target alignment which may be mitigated in certain instances with an aftermarket camber kit. It's just case by case.
For those whom really want to maximize the life of their tires on the street- as may be the case for those whom are either not performance enthusiasts, are otherwise forced to endure long commutes and/or a lot of unavoidable highway miles, in-city traffic, etc.. such a kit as mentioned in this thread could well be useful for those owners as it would allow them to be running as close to 0 negative camber as possible.. which is highly desirable for even tire wear on the street for the average user, and when coupled with less scrub due to the milder toe settings (as Dave mentioned) and a higher tread wear tire far more miles can obviously be garnered per set assuming everything is setup properly. All things considered the loss of handling, lateral cornering, and changes to the slip angle, suspension theory, etc... are likely far distant priorities for many of these owners. Some times just calling it 'good enough' is good.
On the opposite end, for the track rat performance enthusiasts whom have more or less off-road only vehicles and are less concerned about tire wear on the street, tire bills, etc... just really being foremost concerned about having even wear on the race track and/or extracting the best possible handling potential from the vehicle on R Compounds and slicks- they will likely be interested in the CT offering or a custom solution which would give them even more negative camber.
In the end, everyone has to decide what works best for them and their vehicles, how much performance vs. real-world practicality they really need, as they are the ones that have to foot the bills from tire rack.
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ACCD said:
ACCD,
I'll put you on the list. To reiterate, I will do the install on DFW area NSXers.
To ALL,
As for an update: Manufacturing has pushed this kit back a few weeks. Unfortunately, this could mean August for first sold units.
don't forget about me.
i need a kit too.
i need a kit too.
I'm in for a set as well.
Thanks.
Thanks.
count me in too please....
August??? Sheesh, I'll be old by then! lol
My 4x4 18/19 nsx needs to fly a lil closer to the ground, about 1.5" closer
My 4x4 18/19 nsx needs to fly a lil closer to the ground, about 1.5" closer
Well I'm also interested! Let us know when the kit is avail, pricing etc. :smile:
I am "in" as well, Thom.
Thom said:
Willing to be the 02+ DFW car for the install :biggrin:
Please put me on the list, as well. I'd be willing to come up to DFW to see the installs first hand.
Let me know when it's done...:wink:
I just installed eibach springs:biggrin: ...put me down when a list starts:biggrin:
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