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Thread: Caster vs Camber?

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    Quote Originally Posted by sambb View Post
    you'll be the guinea pig. I dont know of any Polo's in Oz that have tried it yet!
    Awesome. Will put the shims in at the same time, these alignments are getting expensive. Might need your help checking the ship numbers again.


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    yep no worries. get in contact when you want to do it and we'll have a chat.

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    Nissan Silvia S13-S15/ 180SX/ 200SX Camber Caster Front Strut Mount | SC44020S

    I have used Greg Nolan's strut tops on cars for decades, even helps design a couple. They allow adj in all directions and have replaceable (common) spherical bearings which it will need once a year if its daily driver, less often for a "Sunday" car. In race car applications I apply stick on sand paper to one side of the sliding surface which prevents slipping, otherwise tighten regularly. I mark the strut tops for the various camber settings, that way I can adjust them quickly without breaking out the camber gauge and trying to find a flat surface between runs/races/sessions.


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    Quote Originally Posted by teamshaw View Post
    Awesome, that’s where it runs most of the time.

    Ordered the strut tops, hopefully they fit Caster vs Camber?
    how did you go?

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    Quote Originally Posted by simon k View Post
    how did you go?
    They’ve arrived and look the goods, just need time to get them in. Hopefully this weekend...


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    Resident grumpy old fart
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    Ground Control stuff is good quality, we use it a lot on the race cars.

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    Do the ground control plates for the Mk4 Golf bolts straight in or do they need moding?

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    Quote Originally Posted by teamshaw View Post
    Strut Tops Plates Camber Adjustable For NISSAN Silvia 180SX 200SX 240SX S13 S14 6971362687571 | eBay

    What about these? Might be worth $90 to give it a try?


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    I installed Silvia camber plates on my 9N, rotated for extra caster. The holes on the strut tops need drilling, because the PCD on the Silvia plates are 1 or 2 mm larger. Otherwise, i machined some pieces to allow me to use a bearing and to adapt them to my AP coilovers, because i didn't want to experience coil bind when turning the wheel.
    With TT ball joints, subframe excentric bushes and the camber plates rotated, the caster is about 6.5 degrees and now the camber is set at -2.8 but can be maxed at -3.5 with all this modes.
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    Last edited by aditza579; 27-01-2021 at 08:31 PM.

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    yep thats about where mine ended up too mate but with slightly different strut tops to you. good stuff
    Last edited by sambb; 28-01-2021 at 09:57 AM.

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