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I'm not knocking them - but the whole idea of shims turns me off - especially when having to dial in camber. |
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The GT3 arms increase the track width of your car while adding camber. You get two enhancement (increased track and camber) for the price of the arms. Both are advantageous to your cars performance.
The shims are silly expensive but there are many non factory less pricey alternatives (tarett for instance). Once set up you will normally only use 1-4 mm shims for changes. |
You still have the eccentric bolt for fine adjustment. That gives you about 1-1/2 degrees of fine adjustment after installing a shim.
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My 2003 had chamber adjustment eccentric screws all four wheel. I've installed K2 coil-overs with chamber plates all four corners and split arms. If I wanted I could get -4.5 degrees chamber without rubbing, but that's excessive.
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Of course, there are pro's and con's to everything; Slotting the shock tower to get more negative camber is fairly easy but has limited adjustment range and could hurt re-sale value because the car has been permanently modified and a lot of potential buyers won't want to take the risk that it wasn't done properly. Camber plates are affordable but have limited adjustment range. Adj lower control arms and shims are expensive but they provide a wide range of adjustment and shops already know how to set them up. Some of the investment might be re-gained on re-sale to the right buyer but that cost can be a mouthful to swallow. Pick your poison. :) |
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When you change the camber setting, you might need to buy 1 new shim to get the correct camber but then the shop will give you the excess shim back in case you need it in the future. Over time you'll own a small assortment of shims and the shop will use your stock of shims so you don't have to keep buying additional shims each time you want to make a change. If you wanted to learn this yourself, you'd buy a small assortment of shims and then test using different combinations to create a shim vs camber table. Once you had the table, you could make changes pretty easily and quickly. |
Well I have to take back what I said on the front you guys are right the front looks like this
<a href="https://jesseeash.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-KKnj69c/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-KKnj69c/0/747a262e/XL/20171119_180021%5B1%5D-XL.jpg" alt=""></a> <a href="https://jesseeash.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-79mhJmQ/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-79mhJmQ/0/b36e6702/XL/20171119_180107%5B1%5D-XL.jpg" alt=""></a> <a href="https://jesseeash.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-fMmcGRd/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/My-First-Gallery/i-fMmcGRd/0/522e14b9/XL/20171119_180049%5B1%5D-XL.jpg" alt=""></a> Sorry for the confusion and the quality of the pictures the photos of the rear did not come out, to dark in my garage I try to take them again tomorrow. |
Rear suspension alterations.
<a href="https://jesseeash.smugmug.com/Suspension/i-8PDcvV7/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Suspension/i-8PDcvV7/0/fe9dcdbf/XL/20171120_103059%5B1%5D-XL.jpg" alt=""></a> Adjustable top plate coil over. <a href="https://jesseeash.smugmug.com/Suspension/i-zhxdX3L/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Suspension/i-zhxdX3L/0/97e8695f/X2/20171120_103035%5B 1%5D-X2.jpg" alt=""></a> 7MM shim in GT3 C arms. <a href="https://jesseeash.smugmug.com/Suspension/i-TncMwQg/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Suspension/i-TncMwQg/0/82286c74/X2/20171120_103017%5B1%5D-X2.jpg" alt=""></a> Stock Adjustable eccentric bolts for fine adjustment. <a href="https://jesseeash.smugmug.com/Suspension/i-wKS2Qvn/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Suspension/i-wKS2Qvn/0/42eec12d/XL/20171120_102931%5B1%5D-XL.jpg" alt=""></a> Adjustable Toe Links From Ebay. <a href="https://jesseeash.smugmug.com/Suspension/i-Mrwz4rp/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/Suspension/i-Mrwz4rp/0/cc1b5760/XL/20171120_102913%5B1%5D-XL.jpg" alt=""></a> 7MM spacer plate. 45MM studs from Rennline. |
Holy S_T why did they drill holes in the top?? I understand it has an adjustable camber plate, but max it out negative and use the factory slots to fine tune!! :(
https://jesseeash.smugmug.com/My-Fir...ry/i-KKnj69c/A |
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10mm shim 1deg negative Hasn't changed in 18yrs since the arms have been out. New are are the same! Super simple to figure out once you have a selection. |
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ok all, I ordered my parts, everything should be in in the next week or two and I'll probably start in early jan.
What are people doing for front track arms? Seems the only option is porsche @ $350+ each |
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Quadcammer.. I have seen another arm out there. Guy in Texas. I have not touched them.. but he is starting to run ads in magazines for the arms and outher pieces he makes.
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