camber adjustment needed.........

[si-]

are there any other way apart from buying adjustable mounts to adjust the camber on the e30??

im a little short of £300 to buy the mounts thats all

cheers
Si.

[MillRat]

Bend the struts... It may sound extreme, but there are plenty of E30's out there with the top of the strut intentionally bent to dial in camber. The only problem, if you get it wrong, then it will be impossible to get each corner the same, AND you weaken them as the suspension forces are no longer directed along the straight length of the strut rod.

Not something I would do (it is a little like cutting a coil out of your springs).

You do not need to buy adjustable strut tops. You can buy offset tops through many distributors of E30 goodies. The offset mounts are just like the factory mounts, except that the strut receiver (or what ever it is called) is offset closer to the middle axis of the car.

[Rav335uk]

or you could buy some camber adjustment plates from Danthe.

[beardymat]

ive got a pair of offset top mounts i dont need, they are bmw parts and sold as camber correction mounts, they give a nice subtle amount of camber.

[randomspeedfreak]

buy some second hand!

ive just installed some ive bought of a zoner and they are the tits even on carp rubber

[RPM]

What about a nice set of these for £195.00



http://raceperformancemodified.com/BMW_ ... mounts.asp

[Rav335uk]

I take it it's for the front then

[si-]

seen yours jimmy but dont have the cash right now just replaced the engine in my e36 and my missus uni fee's are due

bending the struts is not an option tbh but i get the idea

ive looked second hand but they dont come up to often

whats Danthe got then?? pm will be on its way

beardymatt - what you got dude?? pics??

[Rav335uk]

Dan sells the Rear camber plates you weld on to the rear beam.

[si-]

cool ill drop him a pm

[Rav335uk]

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... c&t=134217

[si-]

cool set of them will do, same thing as i found in the states, but closer to home = win

[e21Jason]

Search to see if any body has some of Uwe's adjustment plates for the front top mounts foe sale

Jason

[Rav335uk]

Search to see if any body has some of Uwe's adjustment plates for the frotn top mounts

Jason

No one has those, as I understand it, some guys have aske Uwe to make some more, but I think he wants X amount of interest before he does.

[UweM3]

Search to see if any body has some of Uwe's adjustment plates for the frotn top mounts

Jason

No one has those, as I understand it, some guys have aske Uwe to make some more, but I think he wants X amount of interest before he does.

and he needs X-amount of time to make some

I am really flat out with all sorts of work, otherwise I would make some.

About bending the struts, you end up strut close to the tyre depending on rims size you use to add any decent amount of camber. I would not bend them.

[GeoffBob]

are there any other way apart from buying adjustable mounts to adjust the camber on the e30??
Si.

Yes. Fit the control arms from an E46. The arm is roughly 20mm longer than the E30 arm and thus pushes the bottom edge of the hub further out, providing increased negative camber. Used in combination with camber plates you're looking at camber adjustments in the range of -3 to -8 degrees.

The only modification required to fit the E46 control arms is where the round bar on the end of the arm pushes into the lollipop bush. You'll either need a custom PU bush made up or have to have the end of the E46 arm turned down in size to fit into an E30 bush. Having a new bush made up is less of a hassle IMO.

[Black_Potato]

Bending struts...

If you want a cheap job you can cut and shut the top mount.