ATTN: Lowered Maximas

Nakulbhatt87 · 10-27-2009, 08:39 PM

My maxima is on Eibach prokit springs and konis. Im about to get an alignment. I've seen/heard about "special" alignment configurations in regards to lowered vehicles. FWIW I did notice uneven wear on my last pair of tires (inside was more worn than outside on the front tires) so does anyone have any ideas about what our specs are when lowered on this setup? Should i have the shop align the wheels to stock spec? or can does anyone have any specifics that i can request they follow....

Any help is appreciated.

maxfever1987 · 10-27-2009, 09:18 PM

i think you might need eibach camber bolts,

MOHFpro90 · 10-27-2009, 09:26 PM

Have them align it to stock specs. Or you can ask for -1* of camber.

Stretch21 · 10-27-2009, 09:56 PM

If the tires are wearing on the inside your camber is at a negative angle. To correct it you need to add camber so when they pull your specs find out the camber angles and have them adjusted. More than likely with a "smaller" drop like that of the eibach springs your looking at negative 1-1.5 degrees. I dont know that there is much you can do with a factory setup to adjust that but a camber kit will give you more range if needed. Keep in mind that if the wheels are much wider than stock then you will need to add more camber to prevent inner wear. The specs may show all in green (green= range of factory spec) but all tires have a different amount of contact patch and the wider they are the more contact is made on the inside.

(note once specs are green the tires are technically working the way they were designed to. Meaning if the major contact and grip patch is inside then thats where he major wear will be. But you can adjust to whatever you want it may effect the tires performance but if your not track racing idk if it will matter much)

njmaxseltd · 10-28-2009, 11:17 AM

You don't need a camber kit with Ebach springs. It's a mild drop.
When you lower a 4th gen the toe goes outward quite a bit. Thats what causes the inside of your tires to get chewed up pretty quick.
Have the toe set to spec and make sure camber is within spec. You can adjust camber slightly with the play in the lower strut bolt holes. Simply losen them, pull the top of the hub outwards to correct excessive negative camber. Make sure both sides are equal.
You can actually measure camber with a level if your mechanical enough. You can even check and set the toe on our cars with a tape measure and two pieces of nice straight one inch pine trim. Plenty of room under our cars to draw a straight line between the front and rear of our front wheels. Get 1/8 to 1/16 inch toe in and your good to go.