what year is your car? and what size bolts did you get

 

It's an 06 Type-S. I'm not sure what size they are exactly. It's the SPC kit: SPC 02-06 RSX Front & Rear Camber Kit

 

You have to keep messing with it and rotating the bolt back and forth. I had my dad moving the damper assembly up and down at the same time. Made things way easier. Pretty sure the orientation doesn't matter, but I have mine facing the front of the vehicle.

 

Thanks! Maybe I just didn't mess with it enough. I'll give it another go this weekend.

And yeah, I wouldn't think that the direction of the bolts makes any difference, so I guess I'll just assume I'm good on that.

 

the set I have came with 2 of the washers for each bolt, not 1 washer and 1 square washer like your kit. the small squared off tab goes against/under the cam and the angled bent pointy part goes away from the cam, so you can rotate it 180* side to side. out of the box they were not oriented right so I had to fix that when installing. they take a bit of jiggling and having the lower bolt loose helps. from what i read, the orientation of the bent pointy part of the washer/s determines where the cam adjusts the upper bolt hole. if you point the tab towards the engine, you will get more negative camber and the more you point it outward, the more positive camber. so if you are lowered, you would want the pointy tab more to the outside of the car and rotate the cam to get the tire into spec. good luck

 

Yeah, I've got all of the tabs oriented correctly. I probably just didn't jiggle it around sufficiently. I will give it another go this weekend and I will make sure the bottom bolt is loosened as well. That might have been the problem. Thanks for the help.

 

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If it becomes too much of a hassle, I would just take it in to a shop because you're going to need an alignment anyways. That's what I ended up doing with the second set of bolts I got. Only charged me an extra $10 where I went.

 

Do front camber bolts make any difference in handling? I recently switched my rears to the truhart adjustables. I bought this magnetic camber alignment tool that goes on the rotors to measure adjustment. We'll see how it goes once I figure out how to use it 💪🏽

 

That depends on your alignment specs.

 

At what negative degree is good for handling auto x/street driving? Do I want to do get a proper alignment before or after adjusting rear camber arms?

 

That depends on your suspension, tires, sway bars, and your ability as a driver. To be honest, anything other than oem specs is an improvement. I run -1.2° up front with 1/32” toe out, -.6° in the rear with 1/32” toe in.

I’m on a spec suspension with an ITR rear sway bar. I did one autox event so I can’t tell you much other than I felt very comfortable. I did manage to induce oversteer on one turn, but it otherwise remains neutral on the street, until it rains. Check out these threads below to get a better idea. That first one is really all you need to read.
The arms are adjusted when you get an alignment, so I don’t quite understand your last question. You should only be adjusting them if you’re doing the alignment yourself.

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