View Single Post
Old 2004-07-29, 10:59 AM   #9
sybir
The Don
 
sybir's Avatar
 
Real Name: Aaron
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Sacramento
Posts: 3,097
 
Car: '97 Legacy / '05 FXT
Class: low
Default

Camber plates have an additional bonus over STi tops when using GC kits; the GC top hat/spring retainer puts all the suspension forces on the rubber center of the OEM top hat, instead of just the strut damping. Having springs pushing on that (as opposed to the outer metal spring perch which rests on the strut tower) weakens it more quickly, not to mention giving a little bit of bounciness.

It'll be considerably better with STi tops, becuase they're much stiffer, but there's more benefits than just the camber adjustability.

Nate doesn't have a press currently, but let me find out what he did on the coupe, because I'm pretty sure he replaced the trailing arm bushings, if not the whole unit, and it was all done in-house.
__________________
Tact is for people who aren't witty enough to be sarcastic.
sybir is offline   Reply With Quote