I am thinking about getting some. Are there any that are better or worse than others? They all seem to be the same to me.
I've got a set of Ingall's +/- 2deg bolts laying around if you want to make an offer. Bolts are like a bandaid, they'll work great at first but eventually will slip and your alignment will change. They're also weaker than stock bolts but you dont hear of many snapping. I dont really know the difference between brands with them other than some offer varying degrees of adjustability. Obviously the more adjustable ones are thinner and more prone to failure than beefier, less adjustable models.
Word, I just wanted to try some bolts first, before I get the PDE camber plates. PMed you with an offer
I have used the Ingalls for a while now. They will hold an alignment well, just make sure they are really tight and the orientation of the eliptical side is correct otherwise it will slip because nothing is there to prevent the strut from moving back and forth except the tightness of the bolt. The eliptical side should touch the part of the brake knuckle that you want to prevent from moving. I would definitely suggest these bolts for the rear as well. Much of the understeer can be dialed out from the rear, especially if the car is lowered.
I have heard that you set the aftermarket camber bolt to full negative, then adjust with the stock camber bolt. Are you basically saying the same thing?
We will not sell camber bolts and our alignment shop hates them. I know that Jeff has refused to align them before.
no, you'll probably need them more in the rear to get more camber back there. However you can put them at all 4 corners. GTE isn't too fond of them either, glad I didn't need them. BTW, I've got some Whiteline bolts if anyone wants them. Just pm me an offer and I'll be glad to ship them out!
I don't know what you mean. There is only 1 camber bolt per strut. Just put the aftermarket bolt in the top hole of the strut to brake knuckle and have someone align it. I have often just maxed it out by hand by pushing the brake rotor in at the top and locking it in place with the bolts and then just orienting the eliptical part. As long are you aren't running huge 275 stickies for tires the bolts shouldn't slip.
Ingalls do fit the smaller rear strut holes. That is what I am running all around right now. No slippage.
Yeah I'm running stock camber bolts up front and Ingalls in the back I believe, with Noltec camber plates. Camber bolts were my only complaint against GTE. When I go and spend $120 for an alignment, I dont expect to be bitched at for my suspension setup. I'm paying you to work with what I have, not be lectured on how I need to spend $400 on Whiteline adjustable control arms. A tuner wouldnt refuse to tune a car because he hates tuning cars with aftermarket CAIs or BOVs . . . but that rant deserves a spot elsewhere. You can double up on camber bolts to get even more neg camber but IMO thats just asking for trouble. A lot of the wagon guys do that to pull of decent alignments with sedan struts.