so i have an 02 honda civic ex and im looking to lower it. i know i want tein s techs and i know ill probably need a camber kit. but do i also need a camber kit for my rear. andhow do i do the washer technique?

 

you really don't need a camber kit for the front or rear. negative camber doesn't really effect tire wear at all, especially with s tech springs, i'm using them too. just make sure to get an allignment to fix any toe change if you're worried about extra wear, i didn't even do that and i'm still doing okay.

 

the washer trick in the rear will also help your rear tires from cupping from the negative camber. i was lowered 2.5 inches in my coupe for about almost 2 years, and the fronts were fine thanks to my awesome alignment abilities, lol. but the rears were trashed because of severe camber wear and cupping.

 

can not do the washer trick with the 7th gens. you will not need a camber kit, your camber will be just fine, beleive me.

 

I only needed the kit for the rear and got the alignment (necessary)... I'm running a 50 series tire though on 16s so I had to roll my rear wheel wells with a baseball bat!

 

what springs did u have?

 

oh ish, i didn't even read the "02" part, don't mind what i said then.

 

hey guys! how come i lower my with out alignment and my brand new tires(front) was trashed after 2 months. i even put in a wicked adjustable camber kit and still it just torn my tires like hell. do you guy think it might have something to do with generic part such as springs and shocks. this is my first civic so i don't really spent much on expensive stuff like teins or skunk 2. now that i heard what you guys are saying. is there any advice or pointer.

 

did you get an alignment and fix the toe?..................i didn't think so

 

camber really doesn't affect how much your tires wear out, toe is the main cause that shreads up tires very quickly. so it is way more important to get an alignment and fix your toe than to go fix your camber.