Jump to content
HybridZ

New? Bolt-in camber top mounts on the market


Recommended Posts

I'm pretty sure the camber plates in question are for S30s. The ZX strut towers are totally different. If you decide to do camber plates, do yourself a favor and use a product made specifically for your car. You will be money ahead.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

Just ordered couple sets, this is perfect for me as I'm looking to lower it another inch or two, without affecting suspension geometry.

 

Currently on Tokico Illuminas/arizona racing springs.

A review on these when you get them would be awesome.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Max has it. One of the benefits of most camber plates is that they lower the car about 1 or 1.5 inches without losing travel. But you'll need the 2.5 springs and spring hats, and the threaded coilovers. Old perch cut off struts, new perch welded on, etc. Takes some doing, but worth it.

I have Bilstein strut inserts and Mulholland NOS springs would I need to do this with my setup? Just looking for a inch lower

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Has no one made diagrams of the bolt patterns for the strut tops? I'd think this would be very handy, especially when universal undrilled mounts are available... maybe dual-drill for s30 & s130 bodies

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just ordered couple sets, this is perfect for me as I'm looking to lower it another inch or two, without affecting suspension geometry.

 

Currently on Tokico Illuminas/arizona racing springs.

 

Suspension geometry will change, but you won't lose any bump travel.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 3 weeks later...

Sorry for the late reply on the review guys, I guess better late than never.

 

Basically ended up doing exactly what I had hoped/planned, used stock hats / tokico illuminas / Arizona Z springs (stock diameter).

 

 

Looking at the stock ebay images, I think some people were concerned about not having enough adjustment space for the camber. This shouldn't be an issue, as you can see on the underside, you can move the plate to different bolt positions, and use the top side slit for finer adjustment.

 

20140806_180542.jpg

 

20140806_180536.jpg

 

20140806_180634.jpg

 

20140806_180624.jpg

 

 

The only issue is.. the pillow bearing slot was too large, at least for my set up. I forgot the exact measurement on it but it's close to a 1/2" diameter. The strut nut / bearing that came with fits the camber plate fine, but they were also too large to fit my strut top thread (tried this on my buddy's T3 kit as well, same result)

 

I ended up using a spacer to make sure the strut fits nice and snug to the bearing, and ended up reusing the existing nut to secure.

 

20140806_180650.jpg

 

20140806_180732.jpg

 

 

Also ground out the flared lip on the stock hat, so it sits flush to the camber plate.

 

20140806_180515.jpg

 

20140806_181955.jpg

 

 

Fit just fine:

 

20140806_183411.jpg

 

20140806_213325.jpg

 

Lower the car about 1.5 inch without cutting up the car, got to keep my strut braces front and rear, pretty happy with the results. Not to mention having some camber adjustment abilities now.

Edited by Kennymonster
  • Like 1
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 2 weeks later...

I give a try this with my Bilstein shock with this MK1 camber plates.

 

Arrived well packed.

post-25175-0-99438200-1408725977_thumb.jpgpost-25175-0-19680000-1408725988_thumb.jpgpost-25175-0-32441400-1408725996_thumb.jpg

 

top nut is same size with Bilstein's one.

post-25175-0-78122700-1408726003_thumb.jpg

 

the spacer? for the bottom.

post-25175-0-54045100-1408726017_thumb.jpgpost-25175-0-24366800-1408726027_thumb.jpg

 

Using top nut and bottom spacer to fit perfect & tight.

post-25175-0-56129700-1408726043_thumb.jpgpost-25175-0-24731600-1408726054_thumb.jpg

 

Just wonder there is about 0.3mm gap between spacer and shock tower.

post-25175-0-51175100-1408726074_thumb.jpgpost-25175-0-36016300-1408726081_thumb.jpg

 

Is this too much?

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...