[bmw0perat0r]

I've been seriously considering the KW V1 kit for my xi. I have one concern...camber. I put a tc kline raceline coilover system + other goodies years ago on an e36 M3... lowering it the small amount that I did produced some undesired camber in the rear which was fixed with some very fancy tc kline camber plates.

This time is different... different car, different setup. I'm interested in about an .5-1.0" drop...most likely it would be about 3/4". I see a lot of you have the KW V1 and have dropped the car a reasonable amount but I have seen no mention of the camber issue without the use of camber plates. When you drop the car you're going to get some change in camber and I have no idea how this model handles camber adjustments. Is there enough play in these cars to remain somewhere near stock? (~ -1.0-1.5)

I'd hate to pull the trigger on these coilovers get to the shop and find my camber is -2.0 on both sides - that'd be too much.

I appreciate the comments.

[forza1976]

Any additional negative camber that is caused by the V1's can easily be dialed out via a standard alignment. I have v1's on my xi and the car is perfectly in spec after I let it settle and had the alignment completed shortly afterwards. No fancy camber plates needed for me at least, however those would extend the adjustability if you so desired.

[Force[FED]]

I also just went with the KW V1s recently, and had the alignment done so the numbers are fresh in my head. My fronts are at -.8 degrees, and the rears are set to -1.6 on one side, and -1.8 on the other. The rears were somewhere around -2.5 before getting it realigned.

I wasn't worried about camber, it's the toe that eats tires (and also gives strange handling effects) on the street. Get the toe zero'd out as best as you can.

Kev