Top hats for stock Ts shocks

[gen3v8]

I was wondering if you can get top hats with camber adjustment for stock Ts brz shocks

[MrSkubi]

Raceseng makes nice top hats

[Racecomp Engineering]

Originally Posted by MrSkubi

Raceseng makes nice top hats

They make great top hats, but I don't recommend them for stock shocks.

Originally Posted by gen3v8

I was wondering if you can get top hats with camber adjustment for stock Ts brz shocks

How much camber do you want to run? What kind and what size wheels + tires do you run and will that change in the future?

- Andrew

[gen3v8]

Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

How much camber do you want to run? What kind and what size wheels + tires do you run and will that change in the future?

- Andrew

I`m wanting to get more than I have -1.5 with camber bolts. I have 2 wheel sets 18 x 8 +48 with 235 Re003/?500 tires street and wet track use, 17 x 8 +50 with 225 Nt01 for track (1/8+/4mm clearence).
I was going to wear out the stock ts shocks and replace with some Bilsteins and some top hats if possible.

[ZDan]

On my car, Raceseng plates plus 1.2" lowering springs resulted in bottoming of the stock struts. They work great with same setup with Bilsteins though! What's your ride height?

[gen3v8]

Originally Posted by ZDan

On my car, Raceseng plates plus 1.2" lowering springs resulted in bottoming of the stock struts. They work great with same setup with Bilsteins though! What's your ride height?

I have the standard Sti pink springs

[ZDan]

Originally Posted by gen3v8

I have the standard Sti pink springs

Should be OK, but camber plates will take away some bump travel so be aware of that. Bilsteins have a lot more bump travel so even at -1.25" ride height I'm OK now. With stock struts the ride was horrendous, front struts would bottom out with a big bang over the *smallest* bumps!

[Racecomp Engineering]

Originally Posted by gen3v8

I`m wanting to get more than I have -1.5 with camber bolts. I have 2 wheel sets 18 x 8 +48 with 235 Re003/?500 tires street and wet track use, 17 x 8 +50 with 225 Nt01 for track (1/8+/4mm clearence).
I was going to wear out the stock ts shocks and replace with some Bilsteins and some top hats if possible.

You could consider the Pedders OEM style top mounts, which would be easy but you'd probably want more for the track. No change in ride height or bump travel.

Not all camber plates take away bump travel...if they mount on top of the OEM spring perch you're okay but most will usually raise ride height slightly.

I'm not sure what's easily available for you in Australia, but Pedders, Cusco, and Beatrush have camber plate options. Of those I would probably choose the Beatrush as I generally don't like the generic flat camber plates and worry about them bending (it happens). They'll all raise ride height though (no change in bump travel).

We have an option that actually lowers the car and does not remove bump travel, but they're backordered and we're on the other side of the world.

- Andrew

[Koba]

Originally Posted by Racecomp Engineering

They make great top hats, but I don't recommend them for stock shocks.

Why not? Just curios. Thanks!

[Racecomp Engineering]

Originally Posted by Koba

Why not? Just curios. Thanks!

Their design replaces the OEM upper spring perch with their own design, which is neat but it reduces compression travel when used on stock style struts.

- Andrew