Anybody heard of or know anything about this product? Available on ebay for $180.00. Claims to add 1.25 degrees additional negative camber.

 

Yikes, ... it's one of those "who makes what" things.
The Carr stuff looks real nice, but it's the exact same as the Ireland Engendering. Same prices it seem also.
I personally would support Ireland. I just received my full race camber plates from them and they are very nice.

 

Greg, curious, did you part with the Webb plates due to ride height and/or bump-stop concerns? The Webb ones seem to be more meaty to take abuse better though...

 

Yes Tony, that pretty much why. I gain over an inch with the these Irelands over the Webb.
Also the thought about strength was considered. Being that I'm race track only these will take not near the beating that they would on the street. I was never happy with the spherical joint housing in the Webb. These Irelands should get the job done.

 

Any comments on whether the Ireland Engineering fixed camber plates or the ones for sale by Carr (which do look like the Ireland plates) would be a good modification on a daily driver used frequently for autocross? My daily work commute does happen to be up and down mountain twisties. I currently have negative .5 and .7 camber up front. What, if any, would the negatives (no pun intended) be with this modification? Is the installation easy or difficult? Onasled? Anybody? Any and all comments would be greatly appreciated.

Len

 

Len,
I know some here who have installed the Irelands and stand by them. I would do a search here for those and see what you can find. If you don't want to go adjustable then I think that they are a good choice and certainly better then what comes on the car. Well, they are kinda what comes on the car, but just re-fixed to give you more camber.
Installing is not that hard, but that depends on your talent to handle wrenches. You have to remove the front struts, then remove the factory plates and replace them with these, then re-install the struts. I'd say about an hour job if you have a buddy with you, and maybe two if you are alone. When done you should go to have the car aligned as you will need to correct your toe adjustment.
You won't be disappointed I don't think. I'm not sure though that these plates correct the camber differences of one side to the other that all Minis come with from the factory. If you are not looking for a fine tuned suspension then these will do, but otherwise adjustable are the way to go.

 

Thanks Onasled - the autocross bug has bit pretty hard and I want to get the most out of the car and keep things as economical as possible.

Len