What is the purpose of camber plates?

What is the purpose of camber plates?

What is a camber plate? Camber plates are basically an adjustable adapter for your shocks. They install usually on top of the strut and allow for fine camber adjustments. Camber plates are available for most car/suspension set-ups.

How do you install a camber plate?

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Are camber plates safe?

Camber kits are perfectly safe for daily driving when designed correctly.

Are camber plates necessary?

Camber plates are not required. Front camber doesn’t change much with lowering. Rear control arms might be required. Lower more than an inch or so, and the rear camber gets pretty crazy.

How much camber do camber plates give you?

In general, most performance suspension setups benefit from anywhere between -1 and -2.5 camber.

How much camber does a camber plate make?

Normal camber on the stock bolts is around 1.2 max. If you get additional camber bolts (top and bottom) you can get about 2 degrees max.

How do you adjust camber caster plates?

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Do caster camber plates replace strut mounts?

BMR’s CP001 Caster/Camber Plates replace the factory upper strut mounts. These adjustments also help reduce unwanted tire wear from too much negative camber.

Do you need camber kit with lowering springs Mustang?

If you purchased a set of lowering springs it’s extremely important to get a set of aftermarket caster and camber plates. After lowering your Mustang, you will need a front end alignment, and this is where your new caster and camber plates will come in handy.

Do you need camber bolts if you have camber plates?

Aye, no modern car runs zero camber front and rear. Keep what you have- a degree won’t wear your tires much at all. In fact, you don’t even need to buy camber bolts- just use the OE one up front and take what you get in the rear.

How do caster camber plates work?

Camber caster plates are designed to add static, or permanent, positive or negative camber to a vehicle in order to expand the range of camber that it’s capable of reaching. Many aftermarket camber caster plate sets will also mount higher on the strut, increasing strut travel.