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Topic subjectYour opinions on this guy's write up.
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21210, Your opinions on this guy's write up.
Posted by 96Eclipsed, Dec-31-69 06:00 PM
The other day I was looking for car stero stuff and came across sounddomain.com.

I noticed they sell performance stuff so I looked around and found a rear strut brace for $33. I checked out the user review and saw this:

"You know.??/
its
Not easy to get better handeling for the rear for this cheap,
theres not a huge improvment but, there is a bit less body flex, to the trained eye, and
with proper knowledge,
you can ever so slightly adjust the CAMBER with this kit,
either negitve or positve,,
depending on what you want,
Camber is when you take a frontal view of the car, when the wheel is straight up (no lean), shows the wheel has no camber. When the wheel is leaned in at the top toward the center of the car, it has negative camber. Therefore, when it leans out at the top, the wheel has positive camber.

the idea is to make the most contact patch with the road at all times that will give you the best traction,
and preformace.
so in laymens terms,
, if it apeeras your tire is leaning out at the top,
and you want to pull it in, you need to install the strut bar, and rotate the bar so you are PULLING the car CLOSER TOGETHER , then lock THE SAFTY NUTS, ,

if it apears that your tires at the top are leaning in, and you want to push them out,
compltetly install the strut bar on the struts,
then rotate the bar so it PUSHES the car APART , then tighten the look nuts.

there are true ways to make these adjustment, but this is a slight way to do it and change the handeling a very small bit.
good luck, "

For the reading challanged or lazy...basically he says you can use the strut brace as an easy install camber mod...
21217, RE: Your opinions on this guy's write up.
Posted by MCubed45, Dec-31-69 06:00 PM
i'm sure it might adjust the camber very slightly but i mean think about it.. you're adjusting the angle of the wheels by BENDING the frame of your car. assuming you could tighten the bar with enough tension/compression force to make a difference. sounds like he's making a stretch for additional benefits of the STB...

21218, RE: Your opinions on this guy's write up.
Posted by Amish_Eclipse, Dec-31-69 06:00 PM
he explained camber right but the STB won't make any difference to your camber worth mentioning. i suppose you could have the car alligned over again and ask them to adjust your rear camber a bit more positive then spec. that would be much more functional then an STB.
21221, RE: Your opinions on this guy's write up.
Posted by 96Eclipsed, Dec-31-69 06:00 PM
Thanks, I was thinking he was hoping for too much...
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