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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 12:38 PM
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Hey Guys,

Okay so I've got my H&R super sport spring and i need to order the rest of my parts to lower my car. I'm gonna be using Tokico HP shocks and struts to upgrade over the stock ones. My question is with the drop that the H&R super sport springs give will i need to buy caster/camber plates or can i get away without them. I'm just wondering if a shop will be able to dial in the correct alignment without the buying new caster/camber plates. Just curious what you guys think

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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 01:05 PM
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Gonna need c/c plates. Get maximum motorsports 4 bolt c/c plates. They are awesome.
Old Jan 27, 2011 | 01:51 PM
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i really liked my qa1 c/c plates. i compared them to the mm set when we installing them and the qa1's seemed more heavy duty. just my honest opinion
Old Jan 27, 2011 | 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by school boy
i really liked my qa1 c/c plates. i compared them to the mm set when we installing them and the qa1's seemed more heavy duty. just my honest opinion
could be a good alternative to MMs c/c plates, how much do they run?

...I have MM c/c/ plates for the record
Old Jan 27, 2011 | 05:27 PM
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Either Qa1 CC plates or MM CC plates.....


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Old Jan 27, 2011 | 08:22 PM
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Convert the car to coilovers, forget lowering springs.

and MM cc plates are win
Old Jan 27, 2011 | 08:53 PM
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Killjoy's got the right answer!
Old Jan 27, 2011 | 09:25 PM
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i got my qa1's on corral. bought but the guy never used them, i got them for a decent price
Old Jan 27, 2011 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by teej281
Gonna need c/c plates. Get maximum motorsports 4 bolt c/c plates. They are awesome.
X2 Maximum Motorsports C/C plates are nice
Old Jan 28, 2011 | 12:50 PM
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I have heard that you can skate by a lot easier with h&rs than eibachs without the camber plates... However if your doing the struts too then go ahead and get them. If you want your steering wheel to be straight and your car to be aligned then you'll need them as well. If you don't have the camber plates... They will not be able to allogn your car and it'll pull bad... I did it to mine and never got them until it bugged me to death and I finally did. good luck with the install.



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