After camber kit, control arms hit strut tower. Trying to get 0* camber on lowereddsm

[Funfettie]

After I lowered my car, the camber kit causes the upper control arms hit the strut towers. How can I get past this issue while keeping the tires flat on the road for maximum traction? The kit i used was the control arm adjustable bushing style. I'm shooting for 0* camber because the car is daily driven at 600whp, and the tires break free too easily with any camber. The close to 0*, the better.

 

[bryanwheat]

As i stated in the other thread, your best option at this point is to notch the area where you are hitting.

 

[SpiderGST]

Alot of people have problems with this on the bushing type so they usually grind down the tower or buy the adjustable ball joints that dont hit the strut tower.

 

[Funfettie]

Anyone tried taking a little off the control arms? There's a lip of flat steal about 1/2" wide around the ball joint support. Could I chop off a little there to make things clear, or would that interfere with the control arms structure too much? I might have to try the adjustable ball joints.

 

[nickk90]

Take a hammer and slightly dent the inner fender until it clears. You could try running 1 degree of camber up front aslo

 

[bryanwheat]

Anyone tried taking a little off the control arms? There's a lip of flat steal about 1/2" wide around the ball joint support. Could I chop off a little there to make things clear, or would that interfere with the control arms structure too much? I might have to try the adjustable ball joints.

The thing with modifying the control arm around the ball joint is that it can weaken the structure of it and cause failure in the future. You would be was better off to just cut a little out from the area that it is hitting.

 

[Funfettie]

Sounds good, I'll try cutting the fender down a little and I'll see where at gets me

 

[daren_p]

Alot of people have problems with this on the bushing type so they usually grind down the tower or buy the adjustable ball joints that dont hit the strut tower.

Think you may have that backwards. Its normally the ones who use the adjustable ball joints that have the issue, as the ball joints are taller then stock.

I know lots, myself included, that use the eccentric bushings, without any issues. Then again, guess depending on the drop, either could be an issue.

Options are probably, reduce the drop, get stiffer springs or "massage" the metal abit.