etiennekuh

Kokeln raised mount.

if you put these on your car, will this lower your car?

etienne

Lorax

Yes, but I don't think you would even be able to use those with stock springs.

MPD47

You can't.

< Confirmed.

etiennekuh

i now have M030 suspension, is the spring diameter then to large?

Rich Sandor

I have a 7/8th deep socket that works. You have to use an impact gun and just "shock" it on there, otherwise you can use a 7/8's O2 sensor socket with an open side (which I also have) and stick a 10mm wrench in there to hold the strut top while you turn the socket. (very goofy system)

You can borrow them anytime you are downtown next. just call me.

Lorax

That's a good idea in a pinch.

Bri Bro

Those were Weltmeister camber plates with his name on them.

LS1Porch

edit: whoops, wrong thread...

MPD47

Unless it's a 2.5" or a 2.25" spring it wont work.

chris951

The hardware on the LR camber plates was not too short, the grade of hardware was too low. Allen cap screws need to be class 12.9 not 8.8. The case hardened allen cap screws do not strip like the 8.8 class hardware...in fact, I have never seen allen cap screws that were not black 12.9 class in anything. The 8.8 steel allen cap screws included strip out after the first 2 or 3 uses.

TonyG

My .02 cents.

The Kokeln are the way to go for sure.

BUT... only if you have non-stock control arms. This because they allow the entire strut to sit higher in the car, which allows the control arm to move further in its upward arc, which obviously creates a more extreme ball angle at it's full extension than otherwise possible.

So... you can get the car lower with out sacrificing wheel trave (which is why they are designed the way they are). But, you have to have ball joints that can work with the extra travel, and/or redrill the cross member to reposition the A arm higher (upwards) in the control arm.

In any case, these are what I'll be moving to.

TonyG

Lorax

It would be nice if those aftermarket control arms angled upwards to compensate like a design I have seen around here.

TonyG

The trick is to redrill the cross member in conjunction with control arms that have ball joints with a greater range of travel.


It's on my never ending list of "to do" items.


TonyG

Lorax

Or buy some custom spindles.

($$$)

TonyG

Or use 996/997 spindles.

But that, unfortunately screws up the tie rod angle which really can't be corrected enough for anything other than super stiff track cars.


Or custom struts with the spindle mounting bracket raised (which still needs the same requirements as a raised camber plate).


TonyG


TonyG