Something wicked...

[Bullet Fast]

In the for the future jobs. I have a top mount on the way to reverse engineer... we'll see what happens.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2013/01/TopMount_zps789eb685-1.jpg

[seangti]

Certainly a market for that. Check out eddy's thread as he's made some adjustable strut top mounts, from recollection he provided quite a few details and challenges he came up against.

[GTI_PAPA]

Not too sure whether these have been discussed before, but found these from K-mac.
K-MAC: Volkswagen Rear Camber Kits, Volkswagen Front Camber and Caster Kits, Front rear camber kit (http://www.k-mac.com/pages/newprods/vw/vw.htm)

[vwthunder]

Not too sure whether these have been discussed before, but found these from K-mac.
K-MAC: Volkswagen Rear Camber Kits, Volkswagen Front Camber and Caster Kits, Front rear camber kit (http://www.k-mac.com/pages/newprods/vw/vw.htm)

From what I have heard/read, STAY AWAY FROM THEM

Guy at pedders told me it tore apart a strut tower on a Audi TT

Was chatting to Ray Ray the other day about the ones he had in his A3, he has taken them out, they are that bad



Is a design like that hard to adjust, that was one of the complaints about the Kmac ones

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.

One thing I'll suggest is to fix the castor.
I got mine made with a little bit extra which I wouldn't do again, keeping the standard castor will make it easier to adjust camber.

http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x158/eddy13_photos/2009-04-13016sm30.jpg

[Jmac]

Hoyhoy.

One thing I'll suggest is to fix the castor.
I got mine made with a little bit extra which I wouldn't do again, keeping the standard castor will make it easier to adjust camber.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/[/IMG]
Just an observation and not picking or splitting hairs so merely making mention of the thread safety shown it that pick there, i was trained in both automotive and aircraft to have at least 1.5 threads of saftey showing, one there is well shy , like i say please dont take it as a critisism , just an observation. ;)

Cheers
Jmac

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.

Obserant bugger Jimmy, that pic. was in the build stage & not fully installed.
Those things have been in & out more times than I've been to the toilet.
I thought ya knew me better than that Jimmy.

[Jmac]

Haha yep for sure my friend ;) i knew you would be all over it and take the observations for what it is, im sure you could whistle at the thing and it would come out hey mate ;) Good onya
As far as im concerned its a bloody top effort
Cheers
Jmac

[Eddy]

Hoyhoy.

I must say another thing about that pic. is that the camber plate is not slotted all the way along.
In between the little bolts ya see there is a fixed part of the camber plate, so when ajusting camber I always have a bolt on either side of the fixed part so as nothing can really move.

Bet ya like that one Jimmy.

There are extra threaded holes in the top plate to allocate for this.
So in saying this they aren't fully adjustable to the minute %, but if the bushes O.K. they end up being very close to the same on each side.

[Eddy]

In the for the future jobs. I have a top mount on the way to reverse engineer... we'll see what happens.

http://www.vwwatercooled.com.au/forums/images/imported/2013/01/TopMount_zps789eb685-1.jpg

Hoyhoy.

Not much room under the strut top of the Pog. in the pic. the sandwich idea won't fit.
The black top part will make it O.K.
Also if ya expect to get minus 3%+ like I do you'll need to use narrow springs.

[Jmac]

Yeah Eddy i do mate, i do remember seeing the set up in the flesh at one of the dyno days. I like the strut being moved that way rather than some that are being advertised where the strut is being moved with mount bolt pattern, im on the fence as to whether doing it this way has less load on the tower, in my minds eye it does , im way keener moving the strut this way than using differnt bolt pattern strut tops, again in my minds eue again, it would load the tower more. Keen to hear more opinions on that but i will say your method has been well tried and tested with PLENTY of load so that speaks for itself i suppose.
Cheers
Jmac

[Bullet Fast]

Working on the idea of a LCA now...

[Jmac]

Working on the idea of a LCA now...
Mate be good if we could go back to the eccentric bolts in the struts like the Mk3, camber adjustment was a breeze. Just be mindful how the rear of the wishbine mounts, it could affect setback slightly if you use the aft facing mount and in turn would affect the rear bush, top adjusting like Eddys still in favour, like i say still on the fence regarding the Mk5 type using several bolt patterns with regards to load, knowing what Eddys has been through it so far speaks for itself
Cheers
Jmac

[Bullet Fast]

Jimmy a compromise needs to set somewhere, a camber caster adjust LCA would nice but not sure how to catch both in a cost effective design.

[vwthunder]

Working on the idea of a LCA now...

Like :banana:

[VWindahouse]

Any news on the LCA's??