Guest HIGHRPM Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 HI EVERYONE. WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF INSTALLING CAMBER PLATES?? DO YOU INSTALL THEM WITH ORIGINAL STRUTS OR JUST COIL OVERS?? I'VE READ, BUT MAYBE MISUNDERSTOOD,THAT THEY WILL LOWER FRONT END?? 74 EARLY 260Z FIRST PROJECT MILD STREET 74 EARLY 260Z NEXT PROJECT RAICAL STREET Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeromio Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 Whoa - nix the caps lock there, dude. As far as I know (AFAIK), camber plates need to be used with coilovers. Otherwise, the stock spring and perch are too wide to allow any actual camber adjustment - they'll hit the inside of the strut tower. Camber plates are used in place of the stock rubber strut isolator. Since they are much shorter, the car will be lowered - about 1.5-2 inches depending on the maker/design of the plate. As the name implies, they allow for some limited adjustment of camber, which is how much the wheel leans in relation to the chassis. Zero camber is the wheel at a 90 degree angle relative to the road. Some plates also allow for caster adjustment, which is the lean in the wheel's turning (steering) axis forward or backwards relative to the chassis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 They are used in racing, alot of people don't like them on the street (at least backs) because of they're rather solid mounting, they tend to transmit noise into the car. The reason they're used in conjunction with lowering is to restore the camber change that a Z typically sees with its front end lowered. (the lower you put a stock Z the more the tires lean in at the top). The adjustment allows the tire to run more straight up and down and actually try to get more of the tread on the road.. I'm not sure if you can use stock springs with them, you'd be limited by how much you could move them with the large stock spring in there, but I don't know that for fact, someone will chime in I'm sure and clarify it. Regards, Lone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HIGHRPM Posted November 5, 2001 Share Posted November 5, 2001 quote: Originally posted by HIGHRPM: HI EVERYONE. WHAT IS THE ADVANTAGE OF INSTALLING CAMBER PLATES?? DO YOU INSTALL THEM WITH ORIGINAL STRUTS OR JUST COIL OVERS?? I'VE READ, BUT MAYBE MISUNDERSTOOD,THAT THEY WILL LOWER FRONT END?? 74 EARLY 260Z FIRST PROJECT MILD STREET 74 EARLY 260Z NEXT PROJECT RAICAL STREET Sorry about the caps!! i always forget them on. Thanks for the info, I'm much smarter now and going in the right direction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikelly Posted November 6, 2001 Share Posted November 6, 2001 I have a pair of camber plates I'll sell cheap... Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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