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blazian_princess
13-08-2003, 03:24 PM
hey is it hard to install these urself? and are they expenive??ppl tell me different prices. this guy says its $300 a wheel :? and sum1 else said that it waslike $250 for the front and rear together?
cthulhu
13-08-2003, 03:45 PM
Can't comment on installation, but the whiteline camber kits retail at about $80 for the front and $100 for the rear for the bolt kits themselves.
funky_fresian_cows
13-08-2003, 05:55 PM
The kits aren't that expensive and easy to install but you have no hope in hell of getting the right camber on the wheels, They are well worth it, but if you are going to do this do a strut brace as well, so when you go around a corner the towers don't flex and the kit be useless
AussieMagna
13-08-2003, 08:10 PM
Don't pay more than 90 for a camber kit. Its nothing more than a special bolt.
Gone...
13-08-2003, 08:59 PM
Don't pay more than 90 for a camber kit. Its nothing more than a special bolt.
Umm dont mean to diss you Blake and im trying to be nice , but camber kits can cost upto $500 , they are plate's that mount to the top of the suspension strut and connect it to the body and you can adjust them thus adjusting the camber. there are a few people that make em , but for the magna im unsure.
Cheers
funky_fresian_cows
13-08-2003, 09:08 PM
for a magna it is a simple off set bolt, I payed 60 bucks at pedders trade, so if you know anyone in the trade get them to get them for you
Gone...
13-08-2003, 09:12 PM
arhhhh , im talking about a proper camber adjustment plate .... a simple bolt will be much cheaper.
Redav
13-08-2003, 09:26 PM
for a magna it is a simple off set bolt
Gee... how does that work? Sounds so simple. Just bolts in somewhere and angles the strut more?
funky_fresian_cows
14-08-2003, 04:10 AM
[quote:26170f5541]Gee... how does that work? Sounds so simple. Just bolts in somewhere and angles the strut more?[/quote:26170f5541]
Well yeap that's it.
On the bottom of the strut is two bolts if you stick a camber bolt in the top hole you can adjust up to about 2 degrees neg, if you stick it in the bottom hole you can get over 3 degrees neg. They are adjustable so you don't just stick it in and leave it, you have to get it adjusted. I run 1.5 neg on the front as per Whitelines recommendation, works well.
Redav
14-08-2003, 07:24 AM
And that will be for any Magna, just recent models or sport's models? As for the angle, you just follow some recommendations then modify to suit tyre wear? Is the bolt a specific camber bolt from say Whiteline? If a TF is lowered using say, King Lows, should it then have the camber adjusted to suit? How do you know what angle you've set it to? Is it a combination of location and how it's adjusted? Anyone got pics?
Sorry for the Spanish Inquisition, I've not looked much at suspension related stuff. Just trying to familiarise myself.
Redav
TBuTcher
14-08-2003, 07:58 AM
They look like this :)
Haydn
cthulhu
14-08-2003, 10:08 AM
Is the bolt a specific camber bolt from say Whiteline?
Yes, and I gave the prices in the second post on this topic, go back and check
The whilteline part numbers are KCA412 (front) and KCA357 (rear). These are for TE+. :p
Redav
14-08-2003, 10:40 AM
Thanks, lads. And do you think I'd need to worry about the camber bolt with being lowered 30-40mm?
blazian_princess
14-08-2003, 12:34 PM
yeah i wanted to lower my Tf but only 2 inches at the front and 3 inches at the back... but if i lower it 2 inches all round, does dis mean i still have to get the cam kit?
thank yaaaa
Redav
14-08-2003, 06:39 PM
I'd do it the other way around. You'll look like a Kingswood with serious bum sag. The fronts need more lowering than the rear. I think I'll probably go an even about at whatever Kings lows or Lovells equivalents.
funky_fresian_cows
14-08-2003, 07:49 PM
Yes I would invest in the bolt, They are not much and give you what you want to run in camber, Whiteline suggestion is 1.5 degrees in the front, when i lowered my TJ before the bolt I got over 2 degrees, that scrubs tyres real quick so I feel they are worth the 60-100 investment
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