Camber plate sounds - stock suspension - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

Danny318 · 04-09-2020, 10:28 AM

Hi, looking for comments from people who have otherwise stock suspension and added camber plates. What kind of sounds did you experience? Anyone have silent plates or do they all make some amount of light popping/clunking sounds?

strat61caster · 04-09-2020, 11:09 AM

After a few days of settling I had almost zero impact to nvh with the racesengs. I know others weren't so lucky.

churchx · 04-09-2020, 11:47 AM

Check few things. First, if you dialed extra camber using just camberplates, if you hadn't done that too much and if upper spring perch doesn't rub. Also check if strut top nut is properly tightened.
My own choice was to use rubber top mounts of fixed offset like pedders PED-580096 + camberbolts for even more total camber & for adjustment.

Racecomp Engineering · 04-09-2020, 12:00 PM

Some plates are a LOT worse than others and they do wear over time. The camber plates on my RCE SS1 coilovers were silent except occasional springy noises at low speeds in parking lots.

My OEM mounts are making more noise than that right now, but I haven't had a chance to inspect. Could be due to a couple factors. Not a lot of driving right now though.

- Andrew

Decep · 04-09-2020, 02:27 PM

Mine dont make much noise, you do get a bit more metallic impact noise on big bumps at freeway speeds. On SS1s.

churchx · 04-09-2020, 03:16 PM

This. My NVH issues were same, with raceseng plates on stock shocks though. Not much noise most of the time, but sharper bumps at speed resulting in metallic impact noise, given very poor state of local roads, not that rare, so as result spoiled daily driving, as (even if it's not so and just in my imagination) it made me think that something may break, made me mind that all the time while driving and try to avoid all such "hit-clunk" bumps along usual driving routes .. so i reverted to rubber topmounts and drove normally since like other cars do and like i did before trying out camberplates.

BlueWhelan · 04-09-2020, 04:26 PM

I'll second the Pedders top hats and OEM crash bolts. On OEM PP suspension, I'm getting -2.1 in the front. No added noise whatsoever.

Lincoln Logs · 04-10-2020, 05:25 PM

If you are on stock suspension, camber bolts are going to give you more than enough camber. Camber plates will always add NVH to the cabin, if you don’t absolutely need them don’t put them on your car.

churchx · 04-10-2020, 08:06 PM

Enough for daily driving? Yes. For track, where one needs -3 or more, no. Unless there are other means added on top of camberbolts to up total camber, eg. eccentric topmounts, eccentric LCA rear bushing, or slotted strut holes.

Boomerang · 04-10-2020, 09:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny318

Hi, looking for comments from people who have otherwise stock suspension and added camber plates. What kind of sounds did you experience? Anyone have silent plates or do they all make some amount of light popping/clunking sounds?

A bit of grease on my top nuts/bearings fixed my noises.

04-09-2020, 10:28 AM	#1
Danny318 Member Join Date: Oct 2019 Drives: 2019 BRZ Location: MA Posts: 54 Thanks: 45 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Camber plate sounds - stock suspension Hi, looking for comments from people who have otherwise stock suspension and added camber plates. What kind of sounds did you experience? Anyone have silent plates or do they all make some amount of light popping/clunking sounds?

04-09-2020, 02:27 PM	#5
Decep Senior Member Join Date: May 2017 Drives: 2013 FR-S Series 10 Location: CA Posts: 1,073 Thanks: 172 Thanked 497 Times in 326 Posts Mentioned: 6 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Mine dont make much noise, you do get a bit more metallic impact noise on big bumps at freeway speeds. On SS1s. __________________ 2013 FR-S 10 Series ~75k (SOLD) RCE SS-1 Coilovers Corsa Catback Edelbrock Supercharger installed @ 50k

04-10-2020, 05:25 PM	#8
Lincoln Logs Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2016 Drives: #337 2017 Toyota 86 Location: San Diego Posts: 225 Thanks: 32 Thanked 242 Times in 114 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	If you are on stock suspension, camber bolts are going to give you more than enough camber. Camber plates will always add NVH to the cabin, if you don’t absolutely need them don’t put them on your car. __________________ Sean Thomson \| Instagram: @the_drivers_perspective / YouTube: The Driver's Perspective Back To Basics Toyota 86: STX & 86 Cup Street Build

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churchx Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2014 GT86 Location: Latvia, Riga Posts: 4,333 Thanks: 696 Thanked 2,086 Times in 1,436 Posts Mentioned: 53 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Check few things. First, if you dialed extra camber using just camberplates, if you hadn't done that too much and if upper spring perch doesn't rub. Also check if strut top nut is properly tightened. My own choice was to use rubber top mounts of fixed offset like pedders PED-580096 + camberbolts for even more total camber & for adjustment.

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04-09-2020, 03:16 PM	#6
churchx Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2014 GT86 Location: Latvia, Riga Posts: 4,333 Thanks: 696 Thanked 2,086 Times in 1,436 Posts Mentioned: 53 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	This. My NVH issues were same, with raceseng plates on stock shocks though. Not much noise most of the time, but sharper bumps at speed resulting in metallic impact noise, given very poor state of local roads, not that rare, so as result spoiled daily driving, as (even if it's not so and just in my imagination) it made me think that something may break, made me mind that all the time while driving and try to avoid all such "hit-clunk" bumps along usual driving routes .. so i reverted to rubber topmounts and drove normally since like other cars do and like i did before trying out camberplates.

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churchx Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2014 GT86 Location: Latvia, Riga Posts: 4,333 Thanks: 696 Thanked 2,086 Times in 1,436 Posts Mentioned: 53 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Enough for daily driving? Yes. For track, where one needs -3 or more, no. Unless there are other means added on top of camberbolts to up total camber, eg. eccentric topmounts, eccentric LCA rear bushing, or slotted strut holes.

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