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Old 04-19-2012, 01:18 PM   #1
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need front alignment few simple questions

So I went to get my car aligned but couldn't because of camber reasons,The car is lowered but I found some rear camber arms adjustable for the rear but the front I could only find "front camber bolt kit" and it seems that these are what I need in the front instead of the camber arms,So my question is that do I need the adjustable camber arms in the front as well or will the front camber bolt kit do the job?the car has a basic coilover setup but its not all that low so camber isn't really all that bad but bad enough the alignment shop needs a camber kit,So again I'm getting adjustable camber arms in the rear ONLY so the front I will get the front camber bolt kit with no adjustable arms unless this is not correct,Please no flaming I just have to get this done asap thank you.
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Old 04-19-2012, 01:23 PM   #2
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What coilovers you got? Usually the they have camber plates on the top hat of the coils.
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Old 04-19-2012, 01:24 PM   #3
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im pretty sure he has coil-over sleeves
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Wow thats one nice runon sentance.

Anyways get some Tein camber plates if yours don't have camber plates. Camber bolts are something I would not trust because if they slip your going back to the alignment shop. If the tophats slip you can just set it yourself if you mark them after they are set by the shop.
Tein PAN20-31PFR Front Pillow Ball Upper Mount with Camber Plate for Nissan 240sx S13/S14
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Maybe you should petition the retards who are paying 5k for an S13.

Need to adjust your idle?
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you cant get that much camber out of top hats? so yes get then tension rods and im sure youll be fine with stock tie rods, and the camber bolt kit theyll slip if you dont tighten shit properly.
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You can get more out of top hats then camber bolts. 2-3* compared to 1.75* with camber bolts.
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you cant get that much camber out of top hats? so yes get then tension rods and im sure youll be fine with stock tie rods, and the camber bolt kit theyll slip if you dont tighten shit properly.
Tension rods?!?! Tension rods adjust caster bro. Camber plates give way more adjustment than cam bolts. Im running both on my coilovers. Theyre hardened and we impact them on or off when we use cam bolts. But theres a few different types of cam bolts. Make sure they put the right ones in.
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Old 04-21-2012, 08:03 AM   #8
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You can always slot the top holes of the strut mount to give you more camber adjusments.
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