Adjustable Camber Arms vs. Whiteline Camber Bushings

[digital_assassin]

08+ wrx/sti

[BRZranger]

Originally Posted by digital_assassin

08+ wrx/sti

Has anyone tested this? Just want to make sure before dropping some benjis...

And at what point do we need aftermarket toe adjustment? Just want to make sure I'm not going down a spiral.

I'd like to just get some front and rear camber adjustment and be done w/ suspension. Ideally, get everything I need at once, so i can avoid expensive and repetitive labor.

[digital_assassin]

@brzranger - The 08+ WRX/STI would be for the rear only. @pcasso87 has the Cusco rear arms which are for the 08+ WRX/STI and I don't recall him ever having to add and any parts to increase the adjustment for toe. For the front you can use the GD Chassis Camber Plates.

The H&R camber bolts I purchased and had them installed by PSI with an alignment. They worked beautifully for both front and rear. I am running -1.5 with .1 total toe on the front and -2 with .2 total toe on the rear. Dropped 1.5" and only adjustment upgrades were the camber bolts from H&R. You'll get more out of these than the whitelines or the OEM. You need 14MM for the front and 12mm for the rear I believe. I bought mine from Perrin. Just talk to Chris or Jeff.

To do a good set of plates and arms you will be in the $1000 range. I would go with the bolts for $48 per pair and be done with it.

[track_warrior]

Originally Posted by digital_assassin

@brzranger - The 08+ WRX/STI would be for the rear only. @pcasso87 has the Cusco rear arms which are for the 08+ WRX/STI and I don't recall him ever having to add and any parts to increase the adjustment for toe. For the front you can use the GD Chassis Camber Plates.

The H&R camber bolts I purchased and had them installed by PSI with an alignment. They worked beautifully for both front and rear. I am running -1.5 with .1 total toe on the front and -2 with .2 total toe on the rear. Dropped 1.5" and only adjustment upgrades were the camber bolts from H&R. You'll get more out of these than the whitelines or the OEM. You need 14MM for the front and 12mm for the rear I believe. I bought mine from Perrin. Just talk to Chris or Jeff.

To do a good set of plates and arms you will be in the $1000 range. I would go with the bolts for $48 per pair and be done with it.

That is correct, my suspension tuner was able to adjust toe only with rear camber arms. Dont know how he did it but he was able to.

[jamal]

Toe is adjustable. It's just that if the car is really low and you have made a big change on the camber arms you can run out of adjustment on the bolt.

[digital_assassin]

I'm down a little more than 1.5" and the toe adjustment is fine. Not sure how much is left though since I didn't ask the tech.

[jamal]

I think the only time you'd have to worry about it would be if you were super hella flush on the bumpstops with -6 degrees of camber. I don't recall ever running out of toe but all the 08+ imprezas I've aligned were track cars and not slammed.

[F1point4]

Originally Posted by digital_assassin

The H&R camber bolts I purchased and had them installed by PSI with an alignment. They worked beautifully for both front and rear. I am running -1.5 with .1 total toe on the front and -2 with .2 total toe on the rear. Dropped 1.5" and only adjustment upgrades were the camber bolts from H&R. You'll get more out of these than the whitelines or the OEM. You need 14MM for the front and 12mm for the rear I believe. I bought mine from Perrin. Just talk to Chris or Jeff.

Where do you install the 14mm H&R bolts in the front? (upper or lower slot) What about the 12mm H&R bolts in the rear?

I ended up going this route too with the RCE Yellow springs. The bushings look too difficult to install alone, and the lateral link/control arms are way out of my budget right now.

[jamal]

14mm bolts would go in the lower front hole. 16mm bolts for the upper front hole. Camber bolts don't work in the rear.

[digital_assassin]

Originally Posted by jamal

14mm bolts would go in the lower front hole. 16mm bolts for the upper front hole. Camber bolts don't work in the rear.

I've got the 12mm H&R camber bolts in the rear. It goes at the strut to control arm connection. You have to grind off a few threads but they work.

[gmookher]

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[jamal]

Originally Posted by digital_assassin

I've got the 12mm H&R camber bolts in the rear. It goes at the strut to control arm connection. You have to grind off a few threads but they work.

Where the shock goes into the control arm? Seriously? You don't mean where the control arm attaches to the subframe or the upright, which I suppose is where you could actually put them?

[digital_assassin]

I'm no suspension guru but that is where I believe they said they went. I'll crawl under the car tomorrow and look. Will take pictures. They work though because I started with -3 and -2.8 camber and now have -1.9 in the rear on both sides.

[speargunsandracecars]

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