L8apex
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Finally get to review the Whiteline KTA260 toe link kit. I’ve actually had the links installed for a few weeks, but haven’t had a chance to do the alignment so it would have been an incomplete review.
Before I begin, the car is a 2018 Sport hatch manual, stock suspension, but with front and rear Whiteline swaybars but that shouldn’t affect ride height. The KTA260 will fit all 10th gen Civics though (and I bet the Accords as well).
Installation is very simple, just unbolt the rear lower lateral arm ahead of the main rear arm that houses the spring and swaybar links. Once you remove the factory arm, adjust the Whiteline arm so the bolt holes line up. This will keep you alignment within the ballpark of where you started.
At this point I’d recommend investing in 28mm and 33mm wrenches to adjust and tighten the links. It’s an odd size I didn’t already have.
Fast forward to the alignment and I was looking forward to adjusting toe using toe rods instead of the factory eccentric. I was also overdue for my alignment as I like doing it every 10k miles.
Here’s the initial reading. My toe was way out so I decided to adjust it using only the Whiteline KTA260.
This is after that adjustment. Note that camber was adjusted by over a full degree. It looks like the KTA260 is affecting camber more than toe.
I guess this makes sense if you look at the Civic’s rear geometry. If you adjust either the upper or lower arm, it will affect camber. I like having my camber adjustment on the lower arm for easier access.
I finished the alignment with everything right down the middle of spec. The fronts are fine for now but I do plan to remove the camber studs when I do eventually lower the car.
Overall impressions: very happy with the quality of the Whiteline KTA260. Very stout and beefy. Although the adjustment isn’t what it was intended for, I’m happy with having conveniently adjustable rear camber. I’ll probably do a follow up review to verify exactly how much camber adjustment you do get; it looks like you can add up to 1 degree of positive camber, but that will be limited when the tie rod bottoms out at its shortest adjustment. How much more negative camber you can get will depend on the minimum amount of threads you can safely adjust the tie rod to.
Before I begin, the car is a 2018 Sport hatch manual, stock suspension, but with front and rear Whiteline swaybars but that shouldn’t affect ride height. The KTA260 will fit all 10th gen Civics though (and I bet the Accords as well).
Installation is very simple, just unbolt the rear lower lateral arm ahead of the main rear arm that houses the spring and swaybar links. Once you remove the factory arm, adjust the Whiteline arm so the bolt holes line up. This will keep you alignment within the ballpark of where you started.
At this point I’d recommend investing in 28mm and 33mm wrenches to adjust and tighten the links. It’s an odd size I didn’t already have.
Fast forward to the alignment and I was looking forward to adjusting toe using toe rods instead of the factory eccentric. I was also overdue for my alignment as I like doing it every 10k miles.
Here’s the initial reading. My toe was way out so I decided to adjust it using only the Whiteline KTA260.
This is after that adjustment. Note that camber was adjusted by over a full degree. It looks like the KTA260 is affecting camber more than toe.
I guess this makes sense if you look at the Civic’s rear geometry. If you adjust either the upper or lower arm, it will affect camber. I like having my camber adjustment on the lower arm for easier access.
I finished the alignment with everything right down the middle of spec. The fronts are fine for now but I do plan to remove the camber studs when I do eventually lower the car.
Overall impressions: very happy with the quality of the Whiteline KTA260. Very stout and beefy. Although the adjustment isn’t what it was intended for, I’m happy with having conveniently adjustable rear camber. I’ll probably do a follow up review to verify exactly how much camber adjustment you do get; it looks like you can add up to 1 degree of positive camber, but that will be limited when the tie rod bottoms out at its shortest adjustment. How much more negative camber you can get will depend on the minimum amount of threads you can safely adjust the tie rod to.