front ball joint camber kits....problem

[nazthug]

ok, i need to hear from those that have these, either ingalls or SPC or whatever, as long as you have the ball joint camber kit in the front that goes on the end of your control arm

I have it and i am PISSED

My car is only lowered about 1.8" and i ride on fairly stiff suspension so there isnt much travel anyways, and the top of the kit where you tighten the nut, HITS the upper steel frame fender well of the car(not the fender or the plastic, it bottoms out on the body/frame itself, HARD) and its loud as hell

I have to either raise my car or stiffen the shit out of it to limit wheel travel

WTF???


Before i had these coilovers, i had the agx with some ST springs, and it would pretty much just ride on it, they were softer, so it bottomed out even more

WTF? These things are supposed to be designed for cars even 3" low, hows that possible?

I am very pissed cause its driving me nuts

The only option i have it to plasma cut a whole in each side of the well to allow the top of the bolt on the top of the control arm to go through to allow full travel

I even ground down the top of the bolt to make it slightly thinner to allow a bit more travel, but on bumps, its still bottoms out

I cant go back to stock either, because the place that installed it threw the stock ball joints away i imagine

im really mad and i cant figure out why they make a product that doesnt work right at all

 

[kevingst]

I have the spc's but I'm only lowered with the eibach pro-kit. I haven't experienced what you're talking about. Try the cutting a hole. If that's what you gotta do and it works...then go with it. Otherwise you'll just end up having to buy regular ball joints and then spend more money on the other type of camber kits.

 

[nazthug]

can i even buy the stock ball joints seperately ? Or do i have to get a whole new control arm?

 

[kevingst]

Yea, any alignment shop should have them in stock or be able to order them separately. They are just pressed into the control arm.