The last time I had my Cobra aligned, the tech who did the job told me that when he first put the car on the rack that both sides needed to have the camber adjusted. He said that he was able to get the passenger's side within tolerance and that he was unable to get the drivers side into spec. He says the divers side is barely outside the tolerance range, and the passsengers side is barely within the tolerance range. He recommended that I get a set of CC plates. He said that he would put them on and align the car again. He quoted me a price for installation and although I can't remember how much it was it seemed very reasonable. It want to say it was less than a hundred bucks and that included aligning the suspension again.
The suspension is stock and I plan to leave it that way (no plans to lower).
Questions (based on other threads in Stangnet):
-I've read where people experience noise from their CC plates when going over bumps. Is this something that is also related to other suspension mods (springs, lowering, etc), or to buying cheap hardware? If I install a set of plates, how do I ensure I don't end up with this problem?
-I've also read about people having hood clearance problems after installing plates. Again is this related to lowering the suspension? How do I make sure I don't end up with this?
-I read on another thread here about elongating the mounting holes in the strut towers to gain more camber adjustment range instead of going the CC plate route. Is this a more direct, less complicated approach for solving my alignment problem given that I have no intention of loweing my car's suspension?
-Is the cost of the labor to do the above going to make installing the plates a more sensible option than dropping the struts to enlongate the tower bolts?
-I'm really only interested in getting enough adjustment range so that my alignment guy can get the camber set right once and for all. I live at the beach so anything installed under the hood for visual value or cool points will probably just end up pitted, rusted or corroded in the long run.
Thanks in advance for the advice!
The suspension is stock and I plan to leave it that way (no plans to lower).
Questions (based on other threads in Stangnet):
-I've read where people experience noise from their CC plates when going over bumps. Is this something that is also related to other suspension mods (springs, lowering, etc), or to buying cheap hardware? If I install a set of plates, how do I ensure I don't end up with this problem?
-I've also read about people having hood clearance problems after installing plates. Again is this related to lowering the suspension? How do I make sure I don't end up with this?
-I read on another thread here about elongating the mounting holes in the strut towers to gain more camber adjustment range instead of going the CC plate route. Is this a more direct, less complicated approach for solving my alignment problem given that I have no intention of loweing my car's suspension?
-Is the cost of the labor to do the above going to make installing the plates a more sensible option than dropping the struts to enlongate the tower bolts?
-I'm really only interested in getting enough adjustment range so that my alignment guy can get the camber set right once and for all. I live at the beach so anything installed under the hood for visual value or cool points will probably just end up pitted, rusted or corroded in the long run.
Thanks in advance for the advice!