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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 06:11 PM
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no matter what you hear they don't work unless you want to run a neg 20 camber
let me tell you i didn't even want to do a test run on them
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 06:46 PM
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Not even with camber plates??
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Old Apr 20, 2005 | 07:12 PM
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they do too work

and you get like a million camber


and its bad ass steve

i ran them on my car !!!
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 05:55 AM
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it was super retardo... even with his campber plate to maximum positive... he had 2X the cambermy blue car had at full negative.. it was nuts
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 06:45 AM
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did he have the top of the coilover pulled out all the way ??


Enthalpy was running S14 LCA's on Trogdor... You didn't see his car with retarded camber
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Ostrich
did he have the top of the coilover pulled out all the way ??
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Quite a few people on Zilvia/FA are running that setup.

I'm going that route when I finally ditch my 15's and put on my 5-Lug.
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 08:00 AM
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dude for some reson it didn't work i had a 10%tire contact with the ground
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 09:37 AM
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There are several things to consider.

First -- some coilovers have wider/longer lower brackets than others to aid in wheel clearance. With a longer LCA this would also possibly help to contribute to excessive amounts of camber.

Second -- some coilovers offer adjustability of the knuckle at the lower bracket to alter camber. This would also contribute to excessive amounts of camber.

Third -- some coilovers have more adjustability at the upper mount due to differences in construction. Some coilovers allow you to remove the allen-head screws and move them to other holes in the camber plate to facilitate more adjustability.

If all three of these things added up wrong for you, you could've ended up with uncorrectable front camber. Don't forget that your car might also be bent/tweaked compared to other people's, which can change things, too. Drift cars get HAMMERED. If you have been drifting your car for a while and have hit things / gone off course / had some moments, I guarantee that your suspension pickup points are not where they were when you first got your car. I know the ones on the Chicken are all over the place.
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by steve
dude for some reson it didn't work i had a 10%tire contact with the ground
hahahahahahaha
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Old Apr 21, 2005 | 10:41 AM
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pics of said tire contact?
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