ok, I found a guy selling a set of these in AG and I'm interested but trying to do some homework.. there are alot of pages here and I dont have alot of time to read thru everything, and it seems like a question or 2 that I have has been neglected..
1.. how far can you drop the ride height?
2.. I was reading that the bolt holes on the lower end of the strut mount (where it bolts to the brake bracket) can be wallowed out to make camber adjustments.. but what about toe-in or out? how is that fixed?
I've got a 'o0+, so I'm not concerned about the upper mounts, but does anyone have install tips? I've swapped suspensions on all my Cavaliers, but have never done full coilovers.. just strut/spring combos or cheapy eBay coilovers. any pointers would help greatly
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The Black Pearl wrote:ok, I found a guy selling a set of these in AG and I'm interested but trying to do some homework.. there are alot of pages here and I dont have alot of time to read thru everything, and it seems like a question or 2 that I have has been neglected..
1.. how far can you drop the ride height?
2.. I was reading that the bolt holes on the lower end of the strut mount (where it bolts to the brake bracket) can be wallowed out to make camber adjustments.. but what about toe-in or out? how is that fixed?
I've got a 'o0+, so I'm not concerned about the upper mounts, but does anyone have install tips? I've swapped suspensions on all my Cavaliers, but have never done full coilovers.. just strut/spring combos or cheapy eBay coilovers. any pointers would help greatly
1 you can drop it further than you would ever want
2. toe is adjusted by tie rods, which would be done when you get the car alligned
cant help you on the upper mounts i have mcmoney camper plates
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awesome, thanks Fetter
are camber plates mandatory with these things? I know the imports almost always need them but I've heard it rare with j-bodies to need them. this would be the first out of 5 of my Cavis that have been lowered to need them
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awesome, thanks Fetter
are camber plates mandatory with these things? I know the imports almost always need them but I've heard it rare with j-bodies to need them. this would be the first out of 5 of my Cavis that have been lowered to need them
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I had these for a while. Did a 2"(ish) drop on stock mounts. I had to dremel out the lower strut bolt holes to allow for camber adjustment.
Then I did a larger drop. Don't know the actual amount. I had installed OEM's solid upper mounts with camber adjustment. I probably didn't need them but it was much easier to adjust camber on the alignment machine.
Most imports need camber mounts because they do not have a way to adjust from the factory.
not required but it seems the gravanas arent set up correctly for camber, my plates are all the way neg. and im at .5 pos. still... so you will have to do something about camber.
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thanks for the tips guys, I feel a lil better about getting these. with the kinda drop i'm wanting to achieve (I wanna tuck my 18s past the tread on the tire.. I know, its sketchy), I figured the camber would be out at that point anyway
OEM, as in, Overkill? how many options do I have as far as camber plates?
R.I.P. JessE Gerard 7.11.87 - 1.25.08
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OEM as in overkill. From what I've heard McMoney used to make them, but I think OEM is the only option right now.
Can I get anyone to respond to this thread please!? Lol