SPC rear camber kit installed, squeeks like crazy now!

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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 12:47 PM
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SPC rear camber kit installed, squeeks like crazy now!

I installed a front and rear SPC camber kit on my 2005 G35 sedan and after about 2 months a loud squeek started coming from the rear suspension as I went over bumps.. Gradually this squeek has gotten worse and worse, it is especially bad when it is warm outside. I took the car to the dealer and they said it was coming from the rear camber kit, and that the SPC kit does not have bushings so that it will continue to squeek, so they used some lithium grease to see if that would help. It did for a day or two then the noise came back. So my question is has anyone else experienced this problem? The dealer said they can get me a different camber kit that will not squeek but it will be $600+ which is a lot more than what I paid for the SPC camber kit or any other kit I have seen online...
 
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 12:51 PM
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bolts were probably put on too tightly and has torn the bushings. Happened to me on my cpe.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 01:46 PM
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does the kit uses polyurethane bushing or spherical metal heim-joint?
like what he said ^, if its over tighten, the metal part rub against the polyurethane it will make some horrible noises
 
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 01:54 PM
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It's a problem with your install, not the camber kit. I'm running SPC front and back, took it to a trusted Infiniti dealership where I knew the shop foreman to get it installed. Have had it for half a year now, no problems whatsoever.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 02:34 PM
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Thanks for the replies..
I will have to take it in and to check and see if it was installed properly or tightened too much. I am pretty sure that is is a spherical heim-joint and not a urethane bushing. Also one thing I did notice is that the rear camber kit is bright green in color and the front is black, maybe I ordered a the rear kit from a different site and forgot, but i thought they were both SPC.. Any idea who sells a rear camber kit that is painted lime green?
 
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by AS007
Thanks for the replies..
I will have to take it in and to check and see if it was installed properly or tightened too much. I am pretty sure that is is a spherical heim-joint and not a urethane bushing. Also one thing I did notice is that the rear camber kit is bright green in color and the front is black, maybe I ordered a the rear kit from a different site and forgot, but i thought they were both SPC.. Any idea who sells a rear camber kit that is painted lime green?
Are you sure you got an SPC kit? My rears were black and had 'SPC' etched in the metal. My fronts were red.
 
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 03:59 PM
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spc/eibach/ichiba kits were never green
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 12:27 PM
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Well it looks like I ordered the rear kit from truehonda.com a little while ago, and the only kit they are showing is the SPC kit.. So I'm not sure, maybe they sent me some off brand kit instead?
 
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Old Feb 13, 2009 | 12:36 PM
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Well it looks like I ordered the rear kit from truehonda.com a little while ago, and the only kit they are showing is the SPC kit.. So I'm not sure, maybe they sent me some off brand kit instead?
Not "maybe", they 100% sent you something wrong. What kind of packaging did it come in? In any case, I wouldn't trust some generic off-brand kit from truehonda.com, very bad things happen when camber arms break. Just ask some people around here about Kinetix camber arms.

Consider this a lesson learned and next time order from one of the vendors here; they often have the best price by far and you know exactly what you are getting.
 
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