SPC Rear Camber Arm Problem

Old Jul 9, 2011 | 03:59 PM
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SPC Rear Camber Arm Problem

I had my F&F 2.5's installed, and I dropped my car about 3". I had SPC rear camber arms installed and brought it the alignment shop, the guy said he could only get camber OR toe in spec, and I chose toe. I thought the purpose of these camber arms was to get camber AND toe in spec? He advised me to NOT install the SPC toe bolts because he said the OEM ones were stronger....I left the toe bolts at the shop, so I don't have them anymore. Was he right at all?
 
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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Lmao!! He's an idiot!! The camber arms will get camber in spec.. u need the toe bolts to get the toe in spec.. the spc ones are longer.. a lot of people use them and I've never heard of them having problems with strength.. go back and get them before he screws u again..
 
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 04:16 PM
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I honestly think he threw them away. He was bashing on them pretty bad when I was there. I showed them to him and I asked if he could install them right there, he straight up said that any aftermarket bolts will not be as good as the OEM ones. So I left them on the table and he picked it up, read the instructions and threw them to the side and continued with my alignment where he scuffed some of my wheels...
 
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 05:59 PM
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Call him up and ask them for them back and go to someone else. He doesn't know at all what he is talking about or doing. Install them and then get it aligned at a better place, you might not be able to get totally in spec with camber depending on your wheels, tires, and drop but you should be able to get it in a decent range. Toe you should be able to get into spec without problem.
 
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Old Jul 9, 2011 | 11:57 PM
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I have SPC rear cambers and got mine aligned with no hassels, including toe...I have rear adaptive steering so my toe bolts were longer, but no problems at all...Im not lowered as much as you are, but my alignment place said theres still room to adjust...if ur in the san fernando valley area, checkout precisionz, theyre a vendor here on this forum....
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 01:26 AM
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I have spc toe/camber kit and im in spec...the guy was probably too scared to elongate the hole so the toe bolts would work
 
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Old Jul 10, 2011 | 01:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Xet
Call him up and ask them for them back and go to someone else. He doesn't know at all what he is talking about or doing. Install them and then get it aligned at a better place, you might not be able to get totally in spec with camber depending on your wheels, tires, and drop but you should be able to get it in a decent range. Toe you should be able to get into spec without problem.
That's what I thought...His wife recently had a baby, so I'm not rushing him haha. Just hope I can get it done before my tires go bad haha.

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I have SPC rear cambers and got mine aligned with no hassels, including toe...I have rear adaptive steering so my toe bolts were longer, but no problems at all...Im not lowered as much as you are, but my alignment place said theres still room to adjust...if ur in the san fernando valley area, checkout precisionz, theyre a vendor here on this forum....
I would, but I'm not even in CA .

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I have spc toe/camber kit and im in spec...the guy was probably too scared to elongate the hole so the toe bolts would work
That's probably what happened haha. It was a 10-15 minute alignment....Took us 30 minutes to get my car on the rack, so I think I wasted a lot of his time with that, so he rushed it.
 
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