I saw a set of SPC camber plates for sale on ebay for a great price, but having looked around on the forum, it seems like these are not popular at all on NAM.

Does anyone have these on their car? How's the noise and build quality? Do they raise the ride height? Thanks!

ebay link:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/SPC-FRONT-STRUT-C...QQcmdZViewItem

 

ebay eh? the genral consensus on ebay here, is that you get what you pay for.

I do not have these plates btw, im one of the few satisfied Irreland Engineering customers.

 

they are eibach camber plates, so at least its from a reputable source... i cant say how good they are, but the source of these sounds pretty good to me

 

There are a few people that run them on here and I have been told that they are great for the price. Randy from M7 still has them on his car I believe. I was going to get them...but I stumbled on a new set of K-Mac plates for FREE (which I need to install since I have 2 blown strut tower perch plates-cracks the size of the Grand Canyon)...lol

 

I've been running SPC camber plates on my Cooper S for over a year now with no issues or regrets. My fronts are adjusted all the way out to -2 deg. camber and they perform as advertised.

 

I was ready to install H-Sport adjustables. I called Steve's Auto Clinic, which is highly respected here in the LA area. Steve suggested SPCs to me for two reasons:
> they use a non-metallic bushing so that the ride is not made as harsh with them as it is with some other plates (a feature that interested me, since my MINI is a daily driver, and not likely to be taken to the track for a while yet
> They are less expensive than the H-Sports or the Helix, and, yet, not prone to fall apart as some of the other brands have apparently been known to do.

In addition, Steve claims to have installed many of this brand, and they have apparently worked and worn well for his customers.

All of these things together swayed me to decide in their favor. However, I have not yet had them installed. Next weekend (11/17) I'm getting them installed along with H-Sport rr lower control arms. I hope they live up to Steve's build-up.

 

So, I got my SPC camber plates and H-sport lower rr control arms two weeks ago. Steve's Auto Clinic in the SF Valley installed them and set them up at -1.5 deg. in front and stock camber in rear (to start).

I added these to an Alta 19mm on "stiff" setting, OEM Sport springs, Koni FSDs, and SSR 17x7.5 wheels with Kumho Ecstas.

I am very pleased so far. Better turn-in, and as near to neutral as I have experienced so far. I think the results were more pronounced from this change than from the 19mm anti-sway alone.

I forgot to ask them where they set up the toe and caster (I meant to). I keep meaning to call them, but keep forgetting.

I should mention too, that Steve suggested if I wanted to lower the car, too, he has installed H-sports springs with FSDs and NOT had any complaints from customers so far. (H-sports lower the car not quite an inch, all around, I hear). I didn't do that as I like the linear springs and I don't want to scrape any more than I already do around town.

We'll see how the SPCs are doing after a few 100 miles.

 

Do they raise the front at all?

 

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Do they raise the front at all?- projekt7

I didn't measure , but they do not appear to me to have made any difference, AND, according to Steve and SPC, both, they are designed NOT to increase ride height or wheel gap at all.

As far as I can tell, mission accomplished

 

Wow, thanks for the review. This is exactly the direction I was thinking of going and now feel more comfortable with my plan.

 

I had the SPC camber plates installed on my 04 MCS and went for an alignment.
The attached photos show the screws (the RIGHT side) are at the edge of the opening hole. If they are moved further, they are obscured and cannot be tightened. It cannot get more than -1.1 degree of camber on the passenger (RIGHT) side, and -1.5 degree on the driver (LEFT) side.

Is it possible to get more negative camber without cutting into the opening?
If you have the SPC camber plates, could you please show me a photo of where the four screws are in the opening circle, and what are your alignment numbers? What is the maximum negative camber you can get from the SPC camber plates?

Thanks.

 

My IE have the same exact problem, the one max out at -1.6 though, not 1.1.

 

My KMACs go to almost -4...

 

Have you cut the strut tower to achieve this? Also, i guess u have a coilover right?

 

how do you rate the k-macs? any noise issues? since they adjust both caster and camber at the same time are they 'tricky' to set up?

 

I was wondering what is the association between SPC and Eibach was, cause I searched but came up with nothing and I have seen MINI and BMW vendors selling these as Eibach/SPC, not just Ebay. Reason I ask is, my previous MCS had the "newer" H-Sport camber plates, sway bars and upper and lower control arms and I went to a BMW shop in Campbell, CA that also does MINIs, for an alignment, but they refused cause he wanted me to use the products he reccomeded which were SPC. And now I need another set of camber plates for the GP and cannot afford to go all H-Sport due to ecconomy, but just not sure what their relationship is to Eibach?
All I could find is this: http://www.spcperformance.com/PROD_D...md2=67620&cmd3=
And I found this on Eibach site to: http://eibach.com/cgi-bin/htmlos.exe...13498300023020
And they look the same if you ask me.

 

works: i don't know the specifics of those camber plates, but i you use a ball-footed allen wrench, you will be able to add some camber without cutting.

 

I have a set of the IE plates, and they go to -2 deg without cutting anything. If I remember correctly, when they were installed there were two ways the plates could be assembled, one yielded more camber potential than the other.

Maybe the SPC plates are the same in this regard.

 

The SPC web site says it is adjustable from -2 to + 2 degree. I wonder if the plate is assembled correctly too.

A ball-footed allen wrench will not fit, as there is only 2 to 3mm of clearance. I think I'll replace the round-head bolts with hex-head so an angled wrench can be used.

 

How is the noise?

I was about to get some IE Fixed Camber plates but my mechanic *despises* IE and really wants me to find something else.

 

Looks like I wouldn't be able to adjust my Konis with those plates. They completely cover access to the shock with their SPC plate.

 

Are these any good?

http://www.mini-madness.com/new-mini...er-plates.aspx

A~

 

Hey guys. I know its a little late. I just joined the forum and was looking at these plates for my MCS. I am a lisenced tech in Canada. I'm pretty sure you can lock the 2 visible bolts where you want then remove the strut assembly and tighten the other 2 and then reinstall. I know you can't make adjustments on the fly but when it comes to alignment, you should set it and forget it unless you are racing. Let me know if you try it and I'm wrong.

 

We've been running the Hsport camber plates on our Race car for years now and they are GREAT. The two bolts make the adjustment super easy and no cutting to get to the adjustment like some other plates. You can't go wrong with them.

 

I ended up getting a set of KMAC/BavAuto camber plates for real cheap ($70)
Do yours have the red poly bushings too?
I got -2.3 on drivers side and -2.4 on passenger due to rubbage on oem JCW struts.