Bobert

I am looking to buy struts springs and camber plates. Does anyone have any input on what i should buy? My front squeeks real bad, and i need to fix it.

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clintster77

If its that bad don't forget the bushings. If its a DD the camber plates may not give you the tire results you want but . with that said get camber plates with a nice adjustment or CASTER built in to them. That way you can crank up the caster and wont have to put too much camber .

PRO50SC

What in the world are you talking about?

FivePointOhh

lolz!


dude seriously...wtf are you talkin about?

i think we have another ravenforbidden on the forum.

clintster77

What part don't you understand ? do you understand what caster actually dose? Ask questions first.
If he Runs a lot of camber on a daily driver the inside of the tires will wear out very fast . If its a race car run all the camber you want.
They sell camber/caster plate combos for a reason.
Just for example (a car with extreme exaggerated caster would titer totter between positive and negative Camber as you steer right to left . )
On a street car caster provides just a little more camber when turning either way but returns to neutral when driving straight . it is a minor camber change when only a little caster is added but it dose allow for a little less camber needed on the camber part of the adjustment . not only dose Negative camber happen on the out side tire when turning but the negative camber decreases on the inside tire during the same turn . Resulting in more grip available for the inside tire during a turn.
I am sorry if it is not very clear. I think this is a little better explanation than my first post . feel free to ask questions.

For a long time I did not under stand caster and how it could help a car corner better but think of it as a variable camber adjustment .

PRO50SC

Caster does not affect the amount of camber there is on a car. Or visa verse. They are to separate angles.

Oh and, "a lot" of camber, I'm assuming you mean positive, will wear the outsides of the tire as the top of the tire leans outward causing the bottom of the tire to lean inwards.

Do you understand how an alignment is done?

clintster77

No not when straight but as you turn the wheel ( think of a chopper bike , that is the most extreme case of caster I can think of ) turn the wheel (handle bars) left or right and the camber on the front wheel changes. Think about both front tires on a car doing that at the same time with only a lot less caster. You are right about separate angles . Camber dose not effect the caster ,but caster dose effect the camber when turned (like a chopper bike)

clintster77

sorry.. I got my positive and negative camber mixed up in the previous posts Ill edit it accordingly .

ponyponer

go with kyb struts. thry seem to be some of the best for these cars. you can get em on summit racings website.

FivePointOhh

i'd like to hear why.