Got the local (respectable) BMW-Mini shop installing Koni FSDs with MCS stock springs and Helix camber plates on my 05 Cooper.

Asked them to set the plates to -1.7 camber

They told me they coudn't do it - went only to -1.9 (couldn't do -1.7)

And on the way home I heard rubbing - especially when steering a little bit to the right at low speeds.

Any thoughts please ? Is -1.9 camber LOWER limit expected with this combo ?

I thought it's the other way around - there is a maximum for the camber angle (like you can't go more than 2.x degrees because the wheels lean out too much)...

Thanks

 

You're right--if the plates will do -1.9 they will certainly do -1.7. The tops move inward to get bigger negative numbers, so perhaps the plates have multiple holes for the bolts, and the dealer didn't choose the right set of holes to get you the desired setting. Still, I ran -1.9 for a year, and now -2.0 with no problems at all, so maybe this will work for you? btw, I doubt you could get more than -1.9 since the stock springs are pretty wide and will surely rub on the ribs inside the driver's side shock tower.

 

nm

 

I have stock springs and dampers, IE adj plates and -2° camber up front. That was the most he could do, so anywhere from 0° to -2° was posible. The rubbing goes away after sevral thousand miles... But the springs still catch slightly when the wheel is turned. Meaning the car veers slightly in the direction you last turned untill you hit enough bumps. When you never let go of the wheel, it's no big deal.

 

Nabeshin,
So what you are saying is that the reason that the car will pull in the direction you last turned is because the springs are rubbing on the inside of the fender well. If it doesn't rub then it won't pull right?

 

Yeah, the pulling is from the rubbing. Though the noise is gone. I dont really care; I prefer the benefits of lots of camber, as I said, when you never let go of the wheel it doesn't really matter.

 

update - the rubbing ended to be from the disc protector plate being too close enough to the disc, the mechanic just bent it away a little and the rubbing is gone now.

the car runs, turns and grips great ! :-)

beats the swaying stock setup !

 

Good to hear, and your camber is where you want it now?