Negative camber top mounts

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Tue Feb 15, 2005 10:05 pm

Does anyone do negative camber top mounts for the e30 or is it something that would have to be imported from the US?
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Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:28 pm

how much negative camber are you looking to get ? think ones are still available from the dealer giving you + or - half a degree either way.
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Tue Feb 15, 2005 11:46 pm

i think you might mean the m3 mounts, right?

apart from those, you can get aftermarket ones that can alter by up to about 3 degrees, i think. they are mostly available in the US, but might be available if the company deals over here, or has an importer?
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:25 am

Moofles wrote:i think you might mean the m3 mounts, right?
I believe he does mean those, but they were never actually fitted to an M3. It's a common mistake :D

They are actually called 'Camber correction' mounts, and were available for any E30. Their main purpose was to correct camber problems after an accident repair or something similar. I don't believe any E30 left the factory with them fitted though.

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oooh right, never knew that, learn a new thing every day (night) :lol:
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 12:42 am

There a place that does adjustable op mounts for the e30 in pontllanfraith near blackwood. Well they did but at Ԛ£180 a side i had a heart attack. Not sure if they still do them they were only a small garage but they specialised in a lot or track and rally prep for cars as well.
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Wed Feb 16, 2005 6:00 pm

Also consider the Alpina top mounts, my sport has them and the bolt is set a little further back and further in than the stock mounts.

They say they improve turn-in response, but mine is the only one I've done any proper amount of driving in so I have nothing to compare them to.

Hope this helps :D
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Thu Feb 17, 2005 1:19 pm

Moseley Motorsport offer a pukka GrpA 'adjust on the car' (without jacking) pair of top mounts, but are Ԛ£298 +VAT per pair.

Hey how about a group buy?

With so many lowered E30's and camber/ tracking/ worn steering racks out there - this should be an essential buy?
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Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:33 pm

gents,
there's a US website that specialises in bmw parts for fast road, track and race, bimmerworld.com. They do fixed off-set camber top mount plates, 1.25Ԛ° for $120 the pair.
I'm not sure if they post outside US, they didn't previously so I got them bought over for me recently by someone from the US.
I have a slight problem that they are close to giving me too much camber for the race regs but obviously this doesn't affect anyone else.
The plates are very simple steel rings with studs on each side that fit the pattern of the turret and the top mount. The stud pattern is 180Ԛ° opposite on each side and then offset.
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Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:36 pm

i have a set on my car thay are made by k-tec thay are about Ԛ£150+vat
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Fri Feb 18, 2005 7:05 pm

325iSportMark wrote:Also consider the Alpina top mounts, my sport has them and the bolt is set a little further back and further in than the stock mounts.

Do you know where to get them ?
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Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:17 pm

Frenchguy wrote:
325iSportMark wrote:Also consider the Alpina top mounts, my sport has them and the bolt is set a little further back and further in than the stock mounts.

Do you know where to get them ?
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Tng21 wrote:are these the parts that are needed to sort out the rear camber? Mines been lowered and ive got real bad tyre wear on the inside of each rear tyre and want to get this sorted before i put new tyres on, please help me someone
No these are for the front, you need offset/adjustable trailing arm bushes.

About the top mounts: I have K-Mac adjustable top mounts (Australian) that adjust without jacking/lifting the car and the bushes are made from polyurethane. They were GBP 162 including tax (10% GST in Australia) or GBP 148 without tax. Not sure how much shipping would cost but they do send outside of Australia. Whatever sort you buy you might also want to ask the place you buy them from how much camber they give, some only give 1.5 degrees and others up to 3 degrees.

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The people you want in the UK are TAS (http://www.tas.uk.com/) they do a fixed for standard springs and adjustable for coilovers. I think about Ԛ£60/pair...
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Tng21 wrote:are these the parts that are needed to sort out the rear camber? Mines been lowered and ive got real bad tyre wear on the inside of each rear tyre and want to get this sorted before i put new tyres on, please help me someone
No these are for the front, you need offset/adjustable trailing arm bushes.

About the top mounts: I have K-Mac adjustable top mounts (Australian) that adjust without jacking/lifting the car and the bushes are made from polyurethane. They were GBP 162 including tax (10% GST in Australia) or GBP 148 without tax. Not sure how much shipping would cost but they do send outside of Australia. Whatever sort you buy you might also want to ask the place you buy them from how much camber they give, some only give 1.5 degrees and others up to 3 degrees.

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Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:48 pm

Kmac also do adjustable bushes for the rear & also available from www.moseleymotorsport.com.
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