Help on Suspension!!!!!!!

[Azteca]

HI, I recently put This 18" Miglia 1000 Rims with 225/40 tires on my 93 318is. I like it but I wanted to get rid of the fender gap on the front. So I put a set of Eibach Springs to lowered 1.5" on the front and 1" on the back. But when I done it my wheels spread out on the bottom. It looks like this from the back / \ . I was told to buy an ajustable rear lower contrlo arms to fix the problem. So I was wondering what else can I do to fix the problem or are the control arms my only choise. I would really hate to mess up my tires. Here is a pic of th rims I'll post some of the wheels to show how bad they stick out.

[WS6TransAm01]

The cheapest way to do it is to put in shims. Any shop that does wheel alignments will be able to do this. It’s a quick fix and it works but its not the best way of doing it. What you have created is a Camber and unless you plan on serious road-racing it is not good. Getting adjustable LCA's would be the best though a more costly way to fix the problem. You can simply adjust them to bring the bottom of the tire in and get rid of the camber.

Also, Eibach’s are notorious for settling, so I would wait a few weeks till they get as low as they are gonna get and then adjust the LCA’s so you don’t have to do it twice.

[Duckydos]

WS6 basically summed it. Wait till the springs settle in and take it to a shop to get aligned. Lowering any vehicle, you will experience negative camber (where the inside of the wheel is sitting heavier then the outside). The shop may be able to adjust it 1 degree or so. If it is still off, they'll recommend a camber kit.

With the negative camber, you'll actually get better handling through the twisties (assuming the camber isn't HORRIBLY off) but the tires will wear faster. Especially since it's a 40-series sidewall.

-Ducky

[swatdog]

negative camber. get a camber kit, they're not too expensive. If not, you're gonna eat up your tires.

[SG_M3]

You don't need the adjustable lca, the stock arms have adjustments for camber. You should be able to get is aligned to stock settings -1.7 or so, just go get the car aligned.

btw, i'm running -2.0 and have an 11.5" ride height and can still adjust it to less.

[Azteca]

I already went to a aligment shop. There is where they told me about the LCA. I'll go to another shop and see. Where could I get the camber kits?? It seems cheaper that way than the LCA. Thanks for all the help.

[SG_M3]

There is not such thing as a camber plate for the rear, you have to get the control arms.

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