antonio1988

To my sincere dismay, I have seen that the inside of my front tires are nearly bald. I need to get some caster camber plates before I get the car aligned, and have seen only two real companies that make them, but a near $100 difference in price. The two are J&M and the other is Maximum Motorsports. Here's the links for the two, please feel free to chime in any other brands you know. Thanks!

J&M CC PLATES
http://www.americanmuscle.com/2005-c...er-plates.html

MM CC PLATES
http://www.americanmuscle.com/maximu...tes-05-07.html

Rubrignitz

I have the Steeda HD's. They allow 1 degree, which ain't much. With the HR Race springs and steeda plates max'd I was still at 1.7 negative. I've since swapped back to the Steeda competitions which helps greatly. They are sufficient with the Steeda springs and VERY nicely engineered units.

Those MM's are really nice!

antonio1988

so with the steeda springs your car was actually corrected? The steeda's are actually made by eibach which would be weird lol. I honestly just don't have the money for any of these but if I had to choose I want the cheaper one. But you know what they say, cheaper things cost more in the longrun

Rubrignitz

The steeda competition springs are made by eibach? No. The Ford Racing springs are made by eibach, yes.

I have the Steeda HD strut mounts which only allow a 1 degree camber change.

antonio1988

oh... gotcha lol but the strut mounts are also $300 aren't they?

07 GT E UPP

I'm Lowered with Eibach Pro's and have the Steeda Heavy Duty Strut Mounts ($ 300) and Steeda Billet Camber Adjuster Plates ($ 200).
With no issues....

Texotic

Have you looked at the J&M plates? They're $230 and offer a wider range of adjustment than either of the ones that you listed at 1.8 degrees of adjustability.

Rubrignitz

He mentioned the J&M's in the original email. I like the J&M's but those MM plates are just pimp . I'd go with the MM plates if I didn't already have the Steeda HD's or was planning to lower the car further.

Argonaut

I have a set of used J&M Camber plates I'd sell for $150. They work perfectly. Returned the car to stock.

Sam Strano

I use a lot of Steeda HD mounts. The MM plates only have about 1.6 degrees of adjustment, cost some $40 more (roughly), and frankly there is no need for any caster adjustment as a stock S197 has some 7 degrees already.


Further you shouldn't need a ton of adjustment. Stock spec is -.75 +/- .75 degrees, -1.5 is still in spec..... Add the Steeda HD mounts and you should be able to knock that back to -.5 if you want, which most don't because it makes the car understeer more. Also this car doesn't gain massive amounts of camber from a reasonable drop. Some yes, and you might want to not have that (I'd want it all for grip myself), and HD mounts should accomodate that while also leaving you with a more street quiet setup than full blown camber plates.