Suspension IE adj. camber plates and control arms
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IE adj. camber plates and control arms
I finally got my IE adj. camber plates and 4 IE adj. rear control arms (street) installed today, as well as getting the mushrooming on the driver's side fixed, and the M7 strut tower plates put on. I was able to get my alignment set at exactly -2.0º camber up front, 0.05ºtoe front and rear, and -1.6º camber in the back. The car handles better than ever before.
My 22mm rear bar is set at soft at the moment, I'll spend time over the next week and tune it in. With the current set up, trailing throttle oversteer is gone; I will definately need to stiffen the bar.
I requested -2.1º camber up front but the suspension guys said that there was rubbing of the stock spring so they toned down to -2.0º with no rubbing, but during turns in parkinglots it grinds
. Also after a turn on the street, the car wants to veer to that side untill I hit some bumps
. So after I turn right, the car veers right untill I go over bumps, or untill I turn left, at which point it veers left. Going down the road there is no noise from the springs rubbing and in cabin noise is reduced over the stock control arms. The IE street arms are about 5/8ths lighter than the stock arms (this scientific measurment was from my METTLER_TOLEDO calibrated hand and arm scales
)
All in all, a small price to pay for great turn in and for great stability at speed and during hard braking. Tire wear be damned, everyone should get these parts from IE and set their alignment aggressively.
My 22mm rear bar is set at soft at the moment, I'll spend time over the next week and tune it in. With the current set up, trailing throttle oversteer is gone; I will definately need to stiffen the bar.
I requested -2.1º camber up front but the suspension guys said that there was rubbing of the stock spring so they toned down to -2.0º with no rubbing, but during turns in parkinglots it grinds
. Also after a turn on the street, the car wants to veer to that side untill I hit some bumps . So after I turn right, the car veers right untill I go over bumps, or untill I turn left, at which point it veers left. Going down the road there is no noise from the springs rubbing and in cabin noise is reduced over the stock control arms. The IE street arms are about 5/8ths lighter than the stock arms (this scientific measurment was from my METTLER_TOLEDO calibrated hand and arm scales )All in all, a small price to pay for great turn in and for great stability at speed and during hard braking. Tire wear be damned, everyone should get these parts from IE and set their alignment aggressively.
Joined: Sep 2006
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From: Lincoln, NE
It may just be the new angle of the struts, but I could swear that the car has a smoother ride now. Note I also got 4 IE street control arms and M7 plates.
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The street/race adjustables have been on my daily driver for almost 3 years of daily driving, along with countless DE's, and 3 full autocross seasons - these are a bit noisier than OEM, and they will sometimes groan a bit when it's really cold or when some dust gets around the spherical bearing. I hit them ONCE with a tiny shot of Breakfree CLP and that has completely disappeared...
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