jmak Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 Since I retro fitted s13 full coilovers on the car (including replacing the knuckles, ball joints etc.) Im having problems with my front camber. They are way too positive even though the top camber plates are fully negative. I've done some searching before and saw that a member here modded his arms by extending them. He added a custom metal plate and just drill holes for the maxima ball joints to fit. Now I cant find who did it but saved the pics he posted.(Ill post later) If anyone can help, solutions, advise or can make custom ones will be appreciated. Let me know, never seen so much positive tire wear happen to fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovenfood Posted August 11, 2011 Share Posted August 11, 2011 The quickest way is to elongate the top hole in the bottom of the strut. But be careful that you are not going to contact anything I used hks adjustables and the adjustment screw on the bottom contacted the sway bar. links soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLENN280ZX Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 Not sure of the exact length..but I know that early 280Z with a front mounted rack have longer control arms. I have compared them with my '80 model when I was thinking about buying after market arms like TECHNO TOY TUNING. If you can wait till next sat. I can give you the length of both models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovenfood Posted August 12, 2011 Share Posted August 12, 2011 dam my links message didn't pop up.... :< and glen another issue that comes up is ball joint angle, as you can see modern LCA's like the S13 are bent and ours are not... this is an issue IMO http://www.japparts.com.au/images/s13lca.bmp http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/95443-j-rex-from-team-shogun-s130-with-s13-coil-overs/page__p__897734__hl__j-rex__fromsearch__1#entry897734 http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/100803-s13-front-spindle-swap-qs/page__p__944954__hl__j-rex__fromsearch__1#entry944954 http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/94002-how-to-install-s13-coilovers-on-280zx-and-poly-bushings/page__p__885620__hl__%2Bs13+%2Bpoly+%2Bbushings__fromsearch__1#entry885620 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m1ghtymaxXx Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Should have done what I did: http://forums.hybridz.org/index.php/topic/94002-how-to-install-s13-coilovers-on-280zx-and-poly-bushings/page__p__885620__hl__%2B280zx+%2Bs13+%2Bcoilovers__fromsearch__1#entry885620 Simple and leaves the camber like stock (haven't yet bothered to cut the strut towers for the camber plates) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djz Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 (edited) Keeping the original stub axle doesn't allow for the easy brake upgrades that the S13 knuckles/hubs do, like Z32 or GTR brakes. I did mine a different way and used R30 Skyline bottom arms with custom made ball joints with the S14 taper on them - I'm using S13 coilovers with S14 knuckles and R32 GTR brakes. I haven't actually got any pictures of the finished setup but if I did it again I'd do it a different way, probably try and use original S13 control arms or try some of these adjustable S13 arms. Edited August 21, 2011 by djz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovenfood Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 ^^ same but get the S14 adjustable's, from what I hear they are a tad longer :> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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