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Originally Posted by ZDan
IMO LCAs are overprescribed and generally not needed. Also nowhere near the level of engineering and testing (including millions and millions of miles of real-world street and track testing by we the customers) behind them vs. OEM. For probably 95% of these cars that are tracked, aftermarket LCAs are not much if any benefit and will almost certainly have a much shorter lifetime than stock.
I'm a structures engineer and IMO almost all aftermarket suspension offerings are a but suspect... When I needed to lengthen the lower front control arms on my 240Z I modified the factory arms myself rather than entrust my safety to adjustable aftermarket arms...
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I went with Whiteline rear LCAs to get some adjustability. With my car lowered 1", the stock LCAs gave me around -3* camber and with the toe at 0" I was getting a lot of wear on the inside of my rear tires(17x9). My camber now is just under -2*. I would have like to have gotten it closer to -1* but I would need aftermarket toe arms.
The Whiteline quality looks pretty good. Nice powercoating. I probably need to invest in a pyrometer to check alignment rather than waiting for the tire to wear enough to see what is going on.