Caster/Camber Plates
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From: Jax, FL
Caster/Camber Plates Do they make caster/camber plates for a LS1 Trans Am? And if so, could you please give me a few manufacturers that make them? I lowered my car 1.8 inches and I think that my camber is a little off. I haven't taken it to see how bad it is yet, but I can tell that its off a little. Any help would be great. Thanks.
Tami
Tami
Originally Posted by ls1chik
Do they make caster/camber plates for a LS1 Trans Am? And if so, could you please give me a few manufacturers that make them? I lowered my car 1.8 inches and I think that my camber is a little off. I haven't taken it to see how bad it is yet, but I can tell that its off a little. Any help would be great. Thanks.
Tami
Tami
Get it to a shop as soon as possible and hopefully without it being far away.
Likely you are frying your tires. I would guess you have 3/4 inch total toe out with that big a drop. You have no need for camber/caster plates, you simply need an alignment. A lowered car can get over 2 deg negative with a lowered car and you can't run that much without killing the inside of the tires.
Align the car with 0.3 deg negative camber, max postive caster given the aforementioned and zero total toe.
That is a slightly more aggressive alignment than stock but won't hurt the tires.
Perry
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From: Scottsdale, AZ
Originally Posted by ls1chik
Do they make caster/camber plates for a LS1 Trans Am? And if so, could you please give me a few manufacturers that make them? I lowered my car 1.8 inches and I think that my camber is a little off. I haven't taken it to see how bad it is yet, but I can tell that its off a little. Any help would be great. Thanks.
Tami
Tami
Oh, BTW Perry has a good point; have the alignment shop set the camber slightly negative. If it gets set back to factory specs there is a good chance that your front tires will wear on the outside shoulder.
Castor/Camber plates are also used on 3rd gen Camaros/Firebirds to allow more adjustment to the front suspension. They are adjustable, but the plates will give you more range to adjust the suspension. There is no way to make them for a 4th gen car, and a good shop should be able to fix you up as it is.
