I'm looking to get a set of front camber plates and I am torn between Helix RDR vs Hsport. Can anyone with these plates give me their own opinions. My cars a daily driver currently building it up for the occasional weekend autocross but not going to be a dedicated track car. Car has been lowered on promini/H&R springs Koni shocks are going on soon. Just ordered a set of Hsport rear camber links. Any help would be great. Thanks.

 

I have the H-Sports and like them, with one exception. They have the tendency to hold water after rain. In a little over a year the bearing cassetes were completely rusted and the plates needed to be replaced. They were replaced by H-Sport for free. Hoagie at Euro Styles East drilled drain holes to ensure it doesn't happen again. If you get the H-Sports you might think about doing the same.

 

I believe the RDR plates raise the ride height a little. I have Webb plates, with H&R and Konis, and the ride height was raised very noticably. While some may not find this an issue with their particular set up, with H&R springs, it creates an awkward stance, and I would imagine affect the handling in a negative way. You might check on RDR's effect on ride height.

 

Yes, they do. I have RDR plates and H-Sport springs and the plates did raise the nose just a bit. Not a great deal and if I hadn't installed the springs first I might not have paid any attention to it.

I like the RDR plates except for the mounting bolts. My mounting bolts are not plated, nor are they stainless, and they're rusting. I don't know if they're the supplied bolts because I (short-sightedly) had the local MINI dealer install the plates and they may have used any bolt that would fit. They also installed the plates backwards the first time. Hard to believe, I know, but for some reason the highly trained specialist at the dealership thought that the reason for the camber plates was so that I could dial in all the positive camber I wanted. Like an old J2 Allard with swing arm front suspension.

So, the plates are fine, but they're clearly not idiot-proof.

 

But I love em. Tread wear is MUCH better.

Matt

 

Thanks guys I went ahead and ordered the RDR plates. I liked them more because they were marked so I could easily change the camber settings before I went to the track and not have to worry about the caster settings.

 

ROFLMAO!!!

 

Just do know that it's not that easy. You adjust camber and your toe will get out's wack. Everytime you move your camber your toe will change. Toy can get tools to help adjust this stuff though.