camber plates

[underground_army]

well to start off i have a s13. and i just bought lowering springs and struts. but i wanted to know if i can put any company camber plates on just lowering springs?

[Homer_Simpson]

Yes you can. The camber plates simply replaces your strut mounts.

[underground_army]

thank you so much yay

[codyace]

Techno Toy Tuning - Your performance parts source for the old school cool! (http://www.technotoytuning.com/productdetail.php?p=819)

Nice set of Camber plates, from a great seller!

[Homer_Simpson]

Techno Toy Tuning - Your performance parts source for the old school cool! (http://www.technotoytuning.com/productdetail.php?p=819)

Nice set of Camber plates, from a great seller!
Those have a nice stack height.

Cody, did you spaced out the spring hat and the camber plate on the T3 kit or did you just installed as it?

[codyace]

Those have a nice stack height.

Cody, did you spaced out the spring hat and the camber plate on the T3 kit or did you just installed as it?

I acutally used Vorshlag mounts with my Koni setup, which were already spaced down a bit. I'd assume the T3 upper hats are as well, as they developed both in house. I wish I woulda known about the T3 ones, but I bought this stuff before they came out with them

Hats:
http://www.codyace.com/albums/koni_8611_setup/koni_03.sized.jpg

Plates:
http://www.codyace.com/albums/koni_8611_setup/koni_01.sized.jpg

http://www.codyace.com/albums/koni_8611_setup/koni_02.sized.jpg

[Def]

You need a spacer for the T3 hats. Don't install them as they come where the hat is right up against the camber plate - they need to articulate and put force on only the spherical bearing(not the part that holds the bearing).

[Homer_Simpson]

I acutally used Vorshlag mounts with my Koni setup, which were already spaced down a bit. I'd assume the T3 upper hats are as well, as they developed both in house. I wish I woulda known about the T3 ones, but I bought this stuff before they came out with them

Hats:
http://www.codyace.com/albums/koni_8611_setup/koni_03.sized.jpg

Plates:
http://www.codyace.com/albums/koni_8611_setup/koni_01.sized.jpg

http://www.codyace.com/albums/koni_8611_setup/koni_02.sized.jpg
Ah, got it. Too bad Vorshlag don't sell those top hats anymore. I've found a replacement that are pretty much identical though.

[codyace]

Ah, got it. Too bad Vorshlag don't sell those top hats anymore. I've found a replacement that are pretty much identical though.

The nice thing with the T3 plates is that they came with sleeves/flanges to space them out in a regular situation for hats that dont' have the top part like the Vorshlag (sorry about not mentioning that, Def caught me there).

However being that T3 now makes upper hates that mimic the Vorshlag, I wonder if they have a similar part machined for them to let them articulate.

[BTplaya]

I jus put in some camber plates on my AGX's. I have the top spring plate sitting right on the camber plate bearing to lower the front about an inch. I let the pillow ball bearing rotate the strut. Works good and I'm a lil lower.

[RPS13nutt]

if interested, Cusco also makes camber plates for struts.

[projectRDM]

So does Tein, Apex'i, Tanabe, and numerous others.

[Def]

No experience with the others, but Tein's have a ridiculously large stack height. Not my first recommendation.

[mysharonna]

Sorry for bumping an old thread but, I have been emailing T3 asking about their camber plates with the "full upper hat system". I wanted to know about the articulation between the top hat and the camber plate with a koni 8610/GC setup. This is what they said.

"The 3 parts of the swivel bearing upper hats handle the articulation. There is hardened lower race, needle bearing and hardened upper race that take the deflection load. In the end the needle bearing ends up being a sacrificial part and last about 3 years of daily use. The needle bearings are very inexpensive to replace at $5 each.

They don't have full articulation, but in real world circumstances, lowered cars with stiffer springs need very little articulation going through the range of motion.

On our customers tarmac and dirt rally cars, we've found that the swivel bearing hats make the camber plate bearing last 2 to 3 times longer over the standard "axial load" design of most camber plates."

"The camber plates are slotted for a tad bit of sideways adjustment. Not likely more than 1 degree of caster though.

The swivel bearing upper hats are flat upper hat assembly with a torrington bearing assembly built in. They put the weight of the car on the bottom of the camber plate rather than on the bearing in the camber plate. This keep the camber plates quiet and frees up steering for smoother steering."

So with that said, I know Def that you use them, so what do you take from this as far as articulation is concerned? I know the product is good from reviews and such, I just want to know about the best solution.

[e1_griego]

The vorshlag hats come with a small spacer which is what I used to space the camber plate up a bit to get full articulation.

I have t3 plates but didn't buy the full setup from them.

[mysharonna]

^Yeah i know about the vorshlags, I was just wondering about the T3 camber and top hat setup. Its cheaper too.

T3 camber plates - $180
T3 swivel bearing hats - $30

Vorshlag hats - $75

[e1_griego]

Vorshlag won't sell their stuff separately now, I don't think.

I bought mine used so they were cheaper.