Ultimate Street suspension guide

[Advancedynamix]

Yeah, I made those 3 years ago when I was tuning Tweak. You need different ones for different ride heights. If I were to tool up to make them now I'd have 500 bucks a set into them. I'm swamped with orders for Apache helicopter parts. That pays a little more than car parts.

[mikemounlio]

I see you had some in your past photos were they not yours?

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[Advancedynamix]

wanna make me some rear camber plates?

I can't even afford to make them for myself. Lol. I'm first in line to buy a set from whoever makes them. I think Nate is considering making them for the Festiva store.

[mikemounlio]

Run -3 all the time. As long as your toe is zeroed, you won't notice tire wear problems and you'll get much better ride stability and wet weather traction in the rear. It also helps with fuel mileage. I've been running lots of negative camber on these cars for years now and have yet to see a problem with it. I'm at around -4 degrees now!

wanna make me some rear camber plates?

[Advancedynamix]

Run -3 all the time. As long as your toe is zeroed, you won't notice tire wear problems and you'll get much better ride stability and wet weather traction in the rear. It also helps with fuel mileage. I've been running lots of negative camber on these cars for years now and have yet to see a problem with it. I'm at around -4 degrees now!

[mikemounlio]

I bought 4 of these! I'm looking for -3 on the rear on race days

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[scitzz]

Great right up, question how to achieve negative camber at the rear. I know advance had made a plate, was wondering if any one had tried that mod. Can alignment shims any good for this?

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gotta use washers under the spindle.

Recently bought alignment shims for the rear, code 75200....

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/sps-75200?seid=srese1&gclid=Cj0KEQjwosK4BRCYhsngx4_SybcBEiQAowaCJaSzz0hWbiWXPNxSeMvbmsWg_WvakeQsvFWLzPo09qoaAoX98P8HAQ

We were fixing a problem of 1 inch of toe in, and changed the camber by zero. Very easy to use. I like them better than using a washer just because there is full contact.

[errjam]

how about ride height how much does that change any before vs after, camber still set to zero? or is it egative

[mikemounlio]

Great right up, question how to achieve negative camber at the rear. I know advance had made a plate, was wondering if any one had tried that mod. Can alignment shims any good for this?

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gotta use washers under the spindle.

[alpaccino]

Great right up, question how to achieve negative camber at the rear. I know advance had made a plate, was wondering if any one had tried that mod. Can alignment shims any good for this?

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[skeeters_keeper]

^^ overkill is underrated!

[Advancedynamix]

In the past I have used a washer between the front top hats and the Kia Rio strut bearing, just to distribute the load over a wider surface. This was just a precautionary measure taken from years of experience with coilover suspension on strut vehicles. All the spring weight is being supported by the inner shoulder of the strut mount bearing to spring hat thrust sufface. Aluminum is softer than the steel washer, so it is more apt to compress. If it compresses then there could be a slight amount of binding as the hat would then contact the outer bearing race. I tend to over engineer everything though. Lol

[mikemounlio]

Seems fine to me. Car turns so much better than before. So I guess it's working

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[nitrofarm]

Yes! The top hat was used as a top hat. I used the front coilovers as they came (aside from springs and hole mods). Top hat fit nicely over the rod. The rod fit nicely into the strut mount.

Good write up Mike, how did the top of the new aluminum Hat mate with new upper Rio Mount (Bearing)?

[mikemounlio]

Yes! The top hat was used as a top hat. I used the front coilovers as they came (aside from springs and hole mods). Top hat fit nicely over the rod. The rod fit nicely into the strut mount.