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empower-auto 06-03-2013 07:55 PM

Front alignment woes
 
Here's the situation .. I have my car on HSD coilovers with camber plates as well as whiteline KCA416 16mm upper camber bolts.

The car is not very low, no hellaflush action and I CANNOT get more than -2.0 camber in the front. I need 2.5 badly. It seems I am running out of options. The camber plates and the bolts are MAXED.

Anyone had any better luck? The rear is almost no better but I got the desired alignment with my Cusco LCA's.

CSG Mike 06-03-2013 08:01 PM

@robispec can help if you want to keep your current ride height.

Have you considered lowering more? You'll get more camber (to a degree).

We had no problem hitting -3 with our Tein SRCs, and we still have room to get more.

TylerLieberman 06-03-2013 08:01 PM

New coilovers?

I run stance and get about -4 degrees camber and I can still move the two inner Allen bolts in further for more

empower-auto 06-03-2013 08:04 PM

I can go lower but I do not want to. I am losing too much suspension travel then, and the wheel will probably hit the inner fender when auto-crossing.

CSG Mike 06-03-2013 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by empower-auto (Post 978949)
I can go lower but I do not want to. I am losing too much suspension travel then, and the wheel will probably hit the inner fender when auto-crossing.

Are your camber plates installed on the correct sides? How much are you dropped?

The bolts alone should already have you at more than -1

Racecomp Engineering 06-03-2013 08:14 PM

My guess is your plates are on backwards like the other guy. He had HSDs as well...maybe they're marked incorrectly? Can you take a pic?

- Andy

derek1ee 06-03-2013 09:26 PM

not try to bring this off topic but is there a different between left/right the stock top hat? What about the orientation of the stock hat (red dot facing some direction?)

empower-auto 06-04-2013 02:35 PM

plates are on properly as far as I can see

DragynVyrus 06-04-2013 02:54 PM

If I remember correctly(99% sure I just haven't looked myself yet) the fronts are Mac style struts right? If so you can get rid of the camber bolt and slot the top hole on the strut that bolts to the knuckle and reinstall the stock bolt. Bit more labour intensive and a bit more of a pain to set up but it works. Just another option if you are correct and everything is installed right.

celica73 06-04-2013 03:09 PM

I agree with the folks that think something is fishy here. I've got stock springs and struts in front, but use two camber bolts per side (OEM in the top hole, SPC in the bottom) and have about -2.3 degrees.

No camber plates or lowering needed.

GTM_Challenge 06-04-2013 03:13 PM

Just take some pics of your camber plates and post them up

f0rge 06-04-2013 06:33 PM

i got to -1.4 on bolts alone (dialed it back to -1.1) and i'm only lowered 1.4 inches. to think that camber plates can only get another 0.6 doesn't seem right at all...

empower-auto 06-04-2013 08:39 PM

will toss up some pics tonight

King Tut 06-05-2013 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by empower-auto (Post 981609)
will toss up some pics tonight

Pics look good. I am also convinced you reversed the install of the camber plates as another person did.


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