Upper control arms for bulk camber

[JordanWho]

Originally Posted by SLICVIC

this.

eyeballing my LCA and toelinks was extremely difficult. in the end had an alignment shop do it. I read up somewhere about a company attempting to produce these and the result was too difficult to mass produce and sell at an attractive price. Seeing these 800 does not surprise me. As far as fitment goes, sometimes negative camber isnt "Good" camber. For example, the front LCAs being on a Mcpherson setup, Dialing in more negative camber will give you LESS clearance . (same effect on the GD Subarus with Mcpherson all around) On our rears, the LCAs do help for fitment clearance, but the uppers will give you alot more room between tire and fender. LCAs will kick out the bottom of the knuckle/wheel while upper arms will pull in the top of the knuckle/wheel.

Just curious, lets say on stock LCA , trailing, toe links, Whats the maximum negative camber possible with your upper control arms?

Appreciate this info a lot.

I originally had upper camber bushings, LCA's and toe arms on order but after reading this I think I will try and cancel that order and just go with the upper arms for now.

All I want to do is tuck my rear wheels because my offset is pretty aggressive and 4 degrees should do it. If not I'll
revisit the LCA option again.

[SLICVIC]

Originally Posted by JordanWho

Appreciate this info a lot.

I originally had upper camber bushings, LCA's and toe arms on order but after reading this I think I will try and cancel that order and just go with the upper arms for now.

All I want to do is tuck my rear wheels because my offset is pretty aggressive and 4 degrees should do it. If not I'll
revisit the LCA option again.

What kind of offsets? i can see upper control arms becoming more popular than LCA+ etc. Might have to start saving up for these

[JordanWho]

Originally Posted by SLICVIC

What kind of offsets? i can see upper control arms becoming more popular than LCA+ etc. Might have to start saving up for these

Front - 18 x 8.5 +13
Rear - 18 x 9.5 +18

Will take before and after pics during install.

[Cmarsh]

Originally Posted by OrbitalEllipses

Yeah...$800 for arms that you can't adjust on the car? I appreciate the hard work and design, but no thanks.

You are willing to pay more for a weaker part? I like this design, and tend to shy away from parts that have an adjuster built in..just from a strength point of view. Besides...90% of the people with these cars have no buisness making on car camber adjustments..nor the correct tools to measure camber when not on an alignment machine.

Chris

[SLICVIC]

very true^

[IMOA]

Originally Posted by Cmarsh

You are willing to pay more for a weaker part? I like this design, and tend to shy away from parts that have an adjuster built in..just from a strength point of view. Besides...90% of the people with these cars have no buisness making on car camber adjustments..nor the correct tools to measure camber when not on an alignment machine.

Chris

I'm happy enough to pay extra for a weaker part as long as it's strong enough to be fit for purpose. And just because a part is on car adjustable doesn't mean it's being adjusted while not on an alignment machine, it just makes it easier, faster and cheaper to do so.