Hey all,

I know this isn't the suspension/wheels section but this needs to be seen by everyone.

A little over a month ago, the CUSCO Front Camber Arms were released.
Not too many, but a few. From what i know, they're on backorder (someone confirm)

If anyone thinks this front camber arm is the solution to their G35's negative front camber issues (due to lowering) YOU ARE WRONG!

I bought two sets of these. One of them was for my partner in crime Dizz.
Both of us had front camber issues since we lowered our rides.

After lowering on TEIN S-Techs initially and upgrading to HKS Hipermax LS+, the installed, the fronts were at -2.0 and -2.2
After install and alignment, it came out to -1.4 and -1.6
Factory says -1.3 should be the most neg camber (for 17" and 18" wheels)
(I've got 19" wheels)

Dizz is rolling on Eibachs (Pro Kit) and is having the same non-results. His front camber is still out of factory specs. (Rolling on 19" as well)

Seems like if you've dropped more than 1/2 an inch for the fronts, these camber arms won't bring you back within factory specs.
I WISH CUSCO WOULD HAVE SAID SO!!!!

Their claims of the product being well made aren't lies.
However, their claims for correcting negative front camber issues are WRONG!

Don't get me wrong, CUSCO is a reputable company.
They're reknown for their suspension parts in Japan and people respect them. They've made great products for NISSANs in the past. That's why i pulled the trigger on these.

However, until they remedy this issue, i suggest no G35 owner buy this product.

Again, consider this a warning:
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT FOR YOUR G35!!!
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT FOR YOUR G35!!!
DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT FOR YOUR G35!!!

On a side note:
Z-owners don't seem to be having any issue. Perhaps the G35's need another part to reduce the negative camber. Maybe a shorter lower front camber arm, but that's a whole other issue.

FINAL NOTE:
CUSCO must address this issue. G35 owners are paying good money to purchase these ARMS, install them, get alignment, only to find out that they're still not within factory specs. We all know being .1 or .3 out of factory specs isn't major, but when you spend money on something that will correct problems you're having, and it doesn't, you have unhappy customers. Something i'm sure CUSCO does not strive for.

Thanks for reading... Hopefully someone will let CUSCO know about this... Other than my emails and phonecalls...

 

Thanks for the heads up, and good information!

 

I remember reading on the 350z forums and a link posted to cusco's site that it only had a +camber adjustment of .5 and had a bigger -camber adjustment range. I guess its for people who want more -camber for tracking????

 

Booooo cusco!!

 

Stillen ones are similar to those adjustments too and is quite typical to see those
numbers. Not everyone buys camber adjustment just to get a dropped car back
to factory alignment... unfortunately.

 

JKDman,

I am currently on the B/O'ed waiting list. Is it true that the Cusco arms only have 5 setting? Three negative and two positive? Can anyone confirm this? I guess I'll be cancelling my order.

 

Thats good to know and I suspected as much. When I was looking at the directions it looked like there was only 1 setting that actually added + camber, and the directions sounded like these were actually designed to add - camber for those who seriously track their cars. These will still work for those of us who had marginal camber issues. Mine was at -1.2 with the Tein H-Techs, within spec but still enough to cause significant wear on the inside of the tires. I haven't got my alignment yet and I have the Cuscos set as far + as they will go. It should put me at -.6 or so, right where I want to be. I don't know what the answer is for those with significant camber issues, but these don't seem to be it.

 

top left pic: stock location
3 lower pics on left: add - camber
top right pic: add + camber

Translates to about -1.5 degrees of - camber and .5 degrees of + camber from what I have seen.

 

Would it help if you guys raise the car alittle bit? Maybe the car is sitting too low even for the Control Arm? Unless............. you can't make the ride height higher

 

So are there any front camber arms out that actually will put the alignment back within spec? Kenchan said the Stillen ones are the same so what else is there?

 

the only one that could probably get it back to specs would be the 350evo ones. DOn't really have 850 to invest in camber arms. I'm just getting to cuscos, aligning it to the closest to factory spec I can, and then just cross mount the tires. Isn't toe the worst alignment issue to fix tire wear.

 

Thanks for the heads up... THIS SUCKS!!! I've been waiting for 4 months for this product to come out now and it appears that it will not work!!!

$850 for front control arms is a bit much IMO, since front tires in 19" sizes are only ~$500 for a set. I wonder if you could DOUBLE the life of the front tires with the 350EVO control arms? If so, then they *might* be worth the cash...

This just sucks!!!

 

Here are my specs for the fronts.

lh camber -2.1
rh camber -2.0

lh caster 8.6
rh caster 9.0

toe .18
setback -.07

 

Dizz, was this before or after the Cusco install? How much negative camber did you remove?

 

Thanks for the information. I was about to buy them from a groupbuythat is going on right now.