slownrusty Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Hey Gang - Just checking back in with the new Camber plates I just installed on my '83 ZX Turbo. I purchased these beautiful camber plates from Gabriel Tyler over at Techno Toy Tuning (http://www.technotoytuning.com). The actual install is fairly quick and takes careful planning as you have to cut the factory strut tower sheet metal so that the actual bearing and adjusting bolts for the camber plates can all fit in the center hole. Gabe was extremely helpful and gave me some very good ideas on the neatest, cleanest way to cut the strut towers on the car plus I made a post on here a few days asking for feedback as well. In the end I decided to try something a little different but just effective. I made a template out of cardboard using the underside of the strut tower and then used this cardboard piece as my "trace" template on a piece of 1/4" thick aluminum I had lying around. The idea was to bolt the aluminum down using the factory strut tower holes and drill a pilot hole in the center of the aluminum and use that to create the pilot guide for a 3" hole saw (rather slotting the strut tower). Everything went smooth, no hiccups. Kinda scarry cutting the strut towers as once you start cutting you are commited! Tools required are a hand held angle grinder, drill and the usual sockets - so nothing extoic. I bought a $13 3" metal hole saw from Home Depot. The factory hole in the strut tower sheet metal is 1.25" and raised and needs to be increased in O.D to 3" for fitment of the Techno Toy Tuning camber plates. So...here are the pics: 1. Here is the start before any work begins and the front struts removed: 2. My cardboard template traced on the 1/4 aluminum flat stock amd the new Techno Toy Tuning camber plates waiting to be installed: 3. Aluminum plate drilled and cut to match the strut tower bolts and ready to be bolted down: 4. Bolted down, pilot hole made and 3" hole complete, hole saw in background on the drill and the 3" piece of metal removed: 5. Test fit, trim neatly for the adjusting bolts: 6. Heineken time: Hope this is helpful to ZX owners out there contemplating this install. Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Looks like you have the gold part flipped around the wrong way assuming you're looking for max neg camber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 Looks like you have the gold part flipped around the wrong way assuming you're looking for max neg camber. Jon - Wow...good observation and point.. I assumed that the gold part goes under the strut tower as these camber plates came pre-assembled. If was to flip them over like you are suggesting it would give me even more tire clearance (a good thing). Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Glad to help Yessim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 Yessim. huh?..oops sorry Jon! Fixed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Jim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Mine, with full clearance for the slots. Also, Yasin, Did you use the T3 needle bearings under yours? Using the stock spring tophats & bearings, they're not needed (the stock bearings work just fine). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 Jon - Rethinking what you mentioned! The gold piece has to be ontop as per Warren's and my original posted pic as the spring top hat will hit the 4 adjusting bolts and also have less contact surface. Thanks for the post Warren. Yasin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMortensen Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 I think you're misunderstanding me now. I think you had it at first... This thread has some discussion of flipping that part around (not over, just so that the strut is further offset to the inside): http://forums.hybridz.org/showthread.php?t=150039 Here are the relevant posts: I think the GC units have the max negative camber because the strut insert is offset as far to the inside as you can get it. I tried putting a TTT upper and GC lower together, and that didn't work because the slot length/placement was different. What about if you want to add positive camber? with my RX7 lower control arms I appear to have quite a bit of negative camber already - I haven't been able to take anything close to an accurate measurement yet as my tires are a touch flat and the ground I am working on is pitted and uneven. But I think I already have at least 6deg, maybe more! Flip the plate with the spherical and get it out as far as you can. That's what a lot of us have to do in the rear when we lower the cars a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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