Justinp551 Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I have a 280 2+2 that I lowered with Eibachs and Tokigo Blues. I am happy with the look and ride but didn't like the resulting increased camber. Looked like a sagging ricer. So I made a few measurements and concluded that moving the strut towers out 3/4" each should get rid of the camber. With the wheel off looking up into the shock tower tunnels there is about a inch to work with around the springs however there is a 45deg support plate on the outboard side of the strut mount that limits available real estate. Now the 2+2 is a bit wider in the back so I don't know if the coupe has the same available room. I made a pattern that fitted to the existing 3 holes and then it superimposed a new bolt pattern rotated 60deg and moved 5/8" out. I removed the 6 nuts and jacked up the car under the diff and the shock towers lowered down out of the holes. I drilled the 6 new holes using the template I made and using a second jack lifted each assemble into the new holes. Inside the car I had to put one small notch in the plastic cover and it was able to cover 2.5 of the mounting nuts. Almost indistinguishable from inside. After getting it back on the ground the tires now sit virtually straight up and don't have the sagging ricer look. The other advantage is now the top of the tires are roughly 1/2" farther out and fit the fenders snugger. I am running 16X8.25 0 offset with 245-50-16 and on the wider 2+2 it looks perfect. Not sure how that combo would fit a coupe. In hindsight the only change I would make is to move the mounts out 1/2" verses the 5/8" I did. It all looks great but imo it would look perfect to have the rear angle spot on with the fronts. I will try to attach some pics. The blue one was just after suspension install and 16-7 +4 offset Rotas and shows the camber issue. I swapped everything to the silver one then changed to the XXR rims. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madkaw Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Your pics are too big! I wanted to do the same thing-but for the opposite camber. My s-30 coupe has 245/45/17 with suspension techniques 1" lowering springs. If I could get another 1/4" of inboard movement the top of my tires would probably not rub, but the spring hats are hard up against the inboard wall now by slotting the holes. My camber is only -3/4 degree now, so I could afford the extra negative and than I wouldn't need flares!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justinp551 Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 Madkaw, do the pics come out at all? I am not a computer guy- too many moving parts. I stick to flying airplanes for a living. Haha. I'll see if I can post them smaller. Anyway I have come across a few pics of your car here and there and it is top notch. A++!! Looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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