Suspension experts,
Is anyone familiar with these GC camber plates and can share some advice on how to solve the problem I'm running into?
My new to me '89 325is sits on a Nasieg 5 lug conversion with GC coilovers and these camber plates. The front wheels currently sit at -2.5 degrees camber (coil spindle = all the way up) and I'd like to get that dialed back to about -1 for street driving. Problem: the adjustment bolts can't be slid outwards any further than where they currently sit (3rd picture).
The camber plates themselves do have more room for adjustment. In the 2nd pic you can see a center notch that's a bit further out from the current spot and wear marks which has me wonder if they were installed on a different model car before because on mine the adjustment hex bolts can't slide under the strut tower, they stick out too high. So even if I unbolted the coil, the only way the bolts would clear the strut tower is with a spacer. I have a hard time believing this is how these are supposed to work in the first place so here are my question:
Could these plates be meant for a different car? (i.e. E36?) Am I wrong in my assumption and they do need a spacer and adjustment with the strut assembly dropped? Is there a different set of plates I should be using that solves this problem?
Thanks!
Is anyone familiar with these GC camber plates and can share some advice on how to solve the problem I'm running into?
My new to me '89 325is sits on a Nasieg 5 lug conversion with GC coilovers and these camber plates. The front wheels currently sit at -2.5 degrees camber (coil spindle = all the way up) and I'd like to get that dialed back to about -1 for street driving. Problem: the adjustment bolts can't be slid outwards any further than where they currently sit (3rd picture).
The camber plates themselves do have more room for adjustment. In the 2nd pic you can see a center notch that's a bit further out from the current spot and wear marks which has me wonder if they were installed on a different model car before because on mine the adjustment hex bolts can't slide under the strut tower, they stick out too high. So even if I unbolted the coil, the only way the bolts would clear the strut tower is with a spacer. I have a hard time believing this is how these are supposed to work in the first place so here are my question:
Could these plates be meant for a different car? (i.e. E36?) Am I wrong in my assumption and they do need a spacer and adjustment with the strut assembly dropped? Is there a different set of plates I should be using that solves this problem?
Thanks!
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