Drilling strut towers to fix camber

[nickmcc92]

I found this picture off a thread and was wondering if anyone has tried this and if it actually fixes camber. My driver side is off about -1.5 degrees and I'm willing to do anything that fixes it without spending money.

[jaywood]

[AndrewBird]

It will work, but it's hardly the proper way to do it. You might have clearance issues with the spring on the inside of the strut tower.

What is causing your car to be off 1.5º? If it's only on one side, something is bent and you need to replace parts or get the frame straightened. Simply moving the mounting point of the strut isn't going to solve the problem completely. It's highly unlikely only the camber is affected if there is frame damage.

[dirtbag30]

this is exactly what i did.

[ak-]

and I'm willing to do anything that fixes it without spending money.

[IMG]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a400/NikOl4s_McC/car/D23353D2-E15C-4E1E-AC56-C0FFFC717CB3.jpg[/IMG

says a lot

[nickmcc92]

It's a cheap idea but if it works, it works. Anyone that has actually done this?

[Andy.B]

Honestly, it doesn't seem like a terrible alternative to buying camber plates, but like others said, if its only one side, there is another problem that should be dealt with.

[AndrewBird]

The hardest part would be drilling the holes accurately enough as to not change the caster. "Eyeballing" it wouldn't be good enough.

[delamaize]

It's a cheap idea but if it works, it works. Anyone that has actually done this?

if you're seriously thinking about doing, please give your E30 to someone who isn't a complete moron. No E30 deserves hacking. :finger:

[thenewguy]

Your camber will probably be worse than what you have now by doing something like that...

[nando]

are you going to haul your E30 off to the scrap yard in a year?

guys, think about the shit you're doing to your cars. once you've hacked shit together like this, you can't undo it. your car will have goofy holes in the strut towers forever. if you go to sell it in a few years people will see the cobbled together crap you did and wonder how much of the rest of the car is pieced together with bubble gum wrappers and duct tape.

put away the drill bit and break out the piggy bank - there are camber plates out there that aren't that expensive. toe out is a bigger cause of inside tire wear than negative camber anyway. on that note, get an alignment. your camber is probably caused by something bent that needs replaced.

so many of these cars are just trashed for stupid reasons like above. and then we wonder why you can't find cheap clean ones anymore without hackjob shit done to them.

[agent]

^ All of this. Don't create more issues than you would by simply fixing what's wrong or using already proven solutions.

[rwh11385]

Haters gonna hate. Same outcome as these but save $140...

[SAS Parts]

140$ I do this same for 50 :D

For 150$ I have new CNC control arm's and I can do camber and caster what you want to have.

If someone want to know how it look: https://www.facebook.com/Projects.SA...homepage_panel

At first time in my own e30 some 10 year's ago i drill new hole's like in photo, and it work.

If someone want I can send hole's pattern to print at home and drill new hole's on his own e30. FOR FREE :D

[rwh11385]

The hardest part would be drilling the holes accurately enough as to not change the caster. "Eyeballing" it wouldn't be good enough.

Well, I used a huge straight edge to aid my eyeballing it (also judged the amount of clearance between spring and strut tower to limit the offset) but did change the caster some side-to-side. My buddy thought it would pull slightly but handled just fine...

Maybe a printed out template would be better for redneckineering as SAS Parts suggested.

Oh well, worked fine for the purpose and increased negative camber and alleviated the tire wear issues for $0 cost. Might not do that to a street e30 worth more than $500, but oh well, it can be done.