huh?

how you got that much camber?

 

Yea man... after baggin the box and setting the strut/hub as far in as it would go... the ES struts gave me like 3 degrees possitive camber in the front. Im not the only one either... few others i know w/ the ES front struts are all possitive. Now im good, set to actual -3/-4 so i can fit it up in the flares w/o rubbing. After im done painting im gonna put it up on the bench and set it... >mikey

 

no, i mean i had the same problems, but when i set the cuscos all the way, it looked as if i had 0 camber up front. maybe -1, but that's stretching it.

 

Same here exactly. I have the plates pushed all the way negative that they can go and I'm just BARELY back to what looks like 0.

I haven't gotten it aligned yet, but it needs it badly....if I make a left turn it pulls bad to the left until I make a right hand turn and then it pulls slightly to the right.

 

Theres several additional holes to put the set screws in the top.... once the screws hit the edge of thehole in the strut tower, just move the screws over a hole or 2. Did you all do this?!? ill take a pic today. >Mikey

 

Yep, I did that. In fact, to get it all the way over I was able to only put 1 screw in the back set of holes (still have 2 in the front). Mine are adjusted so that the lip around the opening for the strut "post" is flush against the opening in the plate - basically the only way to get more negative is to grind that lip off or grind off part of the edge of stock opening.

 

i believe it is all the way. i dont understand how you got so much.....

 

Mine looks exactly like the pic above, except I'm only using one of the bolts in back - not two - and just for a refresher I have hardly any negative camber (if any at all).

Also, kind of off subject: does anybody have problems with the nuts on top (the big 19mm ones) coming loose? The ones I'm talking about are the big ones on the top of the strut that is held onto the camber plates. Mine come loose almost once a day - I can tell because the struts start rattling like crazy. I put some lock washers on it this evening so I'll see how it does in the next couple days. My next option is to retap the nut/bushing that came with the plates and see if that fixes it.

 

retap the nut, it will save a lot of headache. trust me.

 

and just for clarification you are talking about the long black nut/bushing thing, right?

 

yes. i sold my bags otherwise i would show you a pic.....

 

sweet post, needed this info

 

There is no reason to retap that, by any chance if you change your front struts you still have an option to use your cusco,
The 19mm nuts should not come lose, just use air gun and you should be fine !! I have been on that setup since Jan 04, and 5 of my club guys are running same setup !!

 

i took mine to a machine shop which did a perfect job changing thread pitch on the cusco sleeved extended nuts.

 

and just to be sure...the correct re-tap is 1/2" x 20, right?

 

this would all depend on what product you have for front suspension. I'm on coilovers..not air ride as most here have been replying to. I have my numbers on a card in my xB. i'll reply later with the info specific to my application

 

I'm on the easy street front air struts. I don't know for sure what the threading is.

 

i brought the machine shop the nut from my setup along with the cusco threaded sleeve nuts and basically said...i need the thread pitch from cusco pieces to be the thread pitch from the nut i was using.

 

I think that'd be the best route to go, thanks for the advice

 

Im on ES front struts as well... and the tread was 1/2"x20. After tapping everything was simple. I dont even have mine as negative as the pics above, but my wheels are at -3.

heres a pic showin my camber front and rear...


>Mikey