No Camber Kit - Wheel Bearings affect?

jayzon831

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Would the lack of a camber kit on a small drop like the Eibach ProKit combined with 20mm spacers greatly reduce the lifespan of your wheel bearings? I know lowering and using spacers generally do, but I've only had my ProKit for 4 months, and spacers for 2 months, and I'm starting to hear weird noises coming from my wheels when my car slows down. Sounds like a really faint and muffled helicopter winding down. Wondering if having no camber kit wears them down faster.
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My old Civic drove 80000 miles lowered and on lower et Wheels and after a Total of 200000 miles The wheel bearings where toast. So unless Honda now uses crap bearings i don't think your bearings would wear out allready.
They do however use special wheel bearings that have a lower rolling resistance to increase The eco / milage of the Cars.So it could be that these wheel bearings can't take much abuse,but not after 4months.
 

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I have 20mm front and 25mm rear spacers with eibach proline and eibach rear camber kit. My alignment without the rear camber kit was pretty bad, and had quite a bit of rubbing. with everything properly aligned and in spec it still rubs on bumps and dips in the road but on nice roads it is amazing.
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