MIKER hit my rearend ! YOU can get some too: Details follow
I decided to get the rear adjustable camber bars from MikeR and wanted to do a review with photos for you, so that you can check out the effort and benefits.
To start I just pulled the rear tires off and then began to remove the UPPER control arm that is responsible for the camber adjustment. The photos show the stock bar in place and the installed new bar. To remove the bars, you need to just remove the inner and outer bolts, there is no real tension and the arm swings out with minor effort.
The photo of the cardboard shows the sizes of the fasteners and the needed bolts and torx bit needed to remove the bar. Nothing is torqued too tight, so you have no problem getting the parts off and on.
I pulled a “Woody” by taking the stock bar and laying it next to the new bar. The new bar length is adjusted until it is the same and the bars are attached temporarly with the factory bolts. Being the same length TO START WITH, you have no issue with the alignment and can reassemble without doing any adjustment. I left mine stock for now and autocrossed it to see that everything works as intended.
The turnbuckle design is easy to adjust in or out and I added a yellow stripe to keep track of adjustments so that I can change the camber back to street or for the track. You only need to loosen the lock nuts and then rotate the bar with the FLAT spot provided by Mike.
I took a spin on the driveway to see the alignment patch. You can see that the inner side of the rears are darker and more heavily loaded than the outer edge. This would have you adjust it for less camber for drag racing. ME, I am going to go for more camber as Iam racing on a ‘roadcourse’ and need more camber.
You have the capability to change yours to your liking. My car is BLACK and quit powerful with all the new goodies but my suspension is SRT springs at stock height. Now I have another goodie to adjust, yo yippie.
Please look at my album and see all the photos as I can only post 4 in this thread. I did the passenger side in 40 minutes and the driver side in 15 ( took much longer cause one nut slipped against the brake backing plate and drove me nutz – a shorter trip these days).
Hope you enjoy the photos and mikes work.
Woody
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Last edited by waldig; Jun 11, 2011 at 06:27 PM.