Which ones are the ones that end up raising the car an inch or two? Ive seen a few people on here talk about it. Obviously I dont want to raise the car after I just lowered it so which are the ones I want? Anyone know off hand?

05 SS with the apparently factory upgraded suspension.

Thanks.

Camber issue... The shop is telling me they need to make some altercations to the struts to fix excessive camber hence my asking about new struts. Dont wanna have them do the struts that are on there only to need it again in the near future should I decide to stick with whats on the car now.

Anyone have any input on this? They said its something that happens over time with these cars and it makes sense, ive had pretty sever wear on the insides of my tires for years now. They also said lowering will only exaggerate this issue.

 

4 ways I can think to fix camber issues:
-Slot the strut holes in the body. Basically free to do other than labor. Seems to be a relatively solid way to adjust as autocrossers have been doing it for awhile.
-Slot the holes in the bottom of the struts. For whatever reason I haven't seen this done near as often. I suspect its more susceptible to slipping with impact compared to the above.
-Camber bolts. Replaces the lower strut bolts with a cam bolt to allow adjustment on that end. Lots of cheapo garbage out there so there is some bad reputation for failures.
-Camber plates. The extreme version of slotting the strut holes. Gives you lots more adjustment, but can be expensive.

 

Thanks man. Seeing the options here helped me understand this whole mess better. Slotting the holes is what the shop suggested so thats probably what im going to go with.

Strange, before I quoted you I saw your "3 option" post. You must have edited.

 

Yeah, I'm really bad about that. I probably edit at least half the stuff I post almost immediately after reading it again either because I forgot something or it just comes out worded poorly. In this case I forgot about slotting the holes in the strut bodies as I recall seeing that done before as a free alternate to cam bolts.


It is a common issue with lowering though as many suspension setups introduce negative camber naturally under compression. So adjusting the static height of the car to something lower than stock means you start with a bit more negative camber off the bat (assuming it hasn't been realigned after lowering) and you easily hit much more negative camber than the tires would normally see with regular bumps and turns.

 

Had the shop slot the struts. All smooth again. No vibration or wobble anymore.

I do have to say, after seeing a TON of comments about how much better people's ride quality was after replacing struts, im more than disappointed. Ive noticed literally NO change. The car was very smooth with the old struts, not sure what I was expecting. Dont get me wrong, its nice but not any softer or stiffer. I guess I can justify it by acknowledging the fact the old struts had just under 200k on them and probably were about to blow out anytime. Maybe they were in such good shape because ive always been very careful to avoid potholes and slow for dips and such.