Lorax

If you had some custom spindles made, wouldn't you be able to account for the steering mount point?

TonyG

The question is: What would the "custom spindles" constitute? Hypothetically you could make custom spindles that would have lowered strut mounts, raising the relative spindle height (lowering the car) and not changing anything else.

That's all fine and dandy. But who's going to make them? It's not like you'd have a big production run. That's the problem.

TonyG

SprintStar

This is for all camber plates? I have a set of GC plates which I plate to use with my "normal" Weltmeister spring. No go?

Sprint.

Jeff N.

I have the bottom mount GC plates in my car. Before you install, make sure you have correct GC spring hat for your spring. They use a specialized spring hat that rides on a thrust bearing in the plate. I don't know what sizes of hats they have, I think my springs are 2.5. Give them a call, they were quite helpful.

SprintStar

Ahh.. I know what you mean. I do have that spring plate for the 2.5" springs but I intend to run my stock diameter Weltmeister springs. I intend to trim my stock spring hat tops to accomodate the GC spring hat. :-)


Another question, the GC mounts are labelled Driver side and Passenger side. Does it matter? Or are they mirror images of each other? I ask because my '86 is RHD and obviously if I can help it, I don't want to mount the Driver side mount on the left of my car.

Sprint.

Jeff N.

Suspect that's for the castor adjustments. I'd check with them but I suspect the "drivers" side will go on the left side of the car regardless of where someone actually put the steering wheel.

Lorax

No. Stock springs just wont fit up inside raised plates

marky522

I also have the Mookeh plates on my car. I am very happy with them, the pics attached are at -2.0 Camber, I had them at 3.0 And could have gone farther. The only thing i didnt like was the fact that the entire car was supported by the 4 nuts/bolts under the body, so i took my old upper strut mounts and cut the hats off them and mounted them under the body as a reinforcement plate.











Overall I am very happy with them, I dont know what the more expensive ones allow you to do, but these work for me.

Mark

Trucho-951

I don't think those camber plates are designed to be top mounted. I would recomend that you move those "old upper strut mounts" on top of the Mookeh plates. The alluminum plates is where the extra support is needed.

On the bottom side of "under the body" use large thick washers to spread the load.

Also, as added safety, I like placing the camber plate bolts in the upward direction so that the nuts are visible from the hood side. That way one can keep an eye on them and do quick visuals between track events to verify that they are all still there.

marky522

When i recieved them they already had them setup the same way i do, bolt from the top, into a nut under the plate, which sits on the body then you bolt from underneath. I do routinely check them as i have the car on the lift about every other day. I also used lock nuts under the car for that piece of mind.

Mark

Mark

MPD47

Sprint, I cannot vouch for the plates I do not own.

I don't remember if stock fit with bottom mount GC's and I know they don't fit with kokeln's.

Sorry I'm not more helpful

Lorax

FWIW, it says on their website that stock will not work

MPD47

Well then, you've answered it for him

SprintStar

I understand stock will not work. I was thinking of cutting the stock hat so it sits nicely on the GC hat...

Sprint.

Jeff N.

You could try. Here's what you're facing.

Load face for the thrust bearing on the GC plate



Racers Edge hat compared to a GC hat with the thrust bearing



GG hat and plate assembley with thrust bearing installed.



Wouldn't it just be easier to buy the hats and bearings from GC?