reeber said:Now... to find someone that knows how to perform good alignment..
Blinkstang said:I'd go with the Maximum Motorsports 4-Bolt plates. I looked up the ones you mentioned, and the MM Plates are only $20 more. Not sure how good of a deal you are getting, but I have the MM Plates myself and love them.
Kinda harsh on the Steeda's, alignment tech or not . . . . .SaleenGT2001 said:i'm an alignment tech. for goodyear and the ONLY plates i would even consider is the M/M. Steeda is total *****. i would never use them. M/M is the only plate out that gives you all the adjustability that you will ever want!
Even though my plates are Steeda the spacers do the same thing. Look at the picture of mine and notice how far up the strut is and I have no problem with them coming close to the hood. I am using the 2 large spacers up top that came in my kit.MEandmyKB said:Seems like I'd be punching a hole in my hood if I got an inch above the "straight edge across the fenders"
Can someone give me a clue on what I should be looking for or what my spacer placement should be? Thanks.
reeber said:is that a joke, or serious? What's different in handling? What's noticeable?
MEandmyKB said:Help. Please.
I'm not following these MM instructions very well. I'm almost 2" lower than stock, maybe an inch-and-a-half lower than stock. In Step #1, I got a reading of 1 and 1/8" between the strut shaft and the straight edge. In step #24 it mentions to "place one of the thinnest spacers on top of spherical bearing. Place three remaining spacers under the spherical bearing"
I'm not "stock", but even that step messed me up - what "three remaining spacers" are they talking about? 3 thin? 3 thick? The kit only came with 4 thin and 4 thick spacers to do both sides.
And as for me needing to "position the spacers so that the strut shaft is 1.5" higher than the dimension you recorded in step 1"
...that seems like I'd be at 1/2 inch to nearly 1 full inch above the top of the straight edge, instead of having a gap between the strut shaft and the straight edge. Seems like I'd be punching a hole in my hood if I got an inch above the "straight edge across the fenders"
Can someone give me a clue on what I should be looking for or what my spacer placement should be? Thanks.
hognutz said:you measure the distace from the top of the strut to the top of the fender. sasy it is 1" below just for example. now you lower the car 1" inch. you would set the spacer so that the top of the strut was even with the top of the fender.
the hood is recesed in that area so are fine. In my case I was 1.5 below and lowered the car 1.75 so mine is actually .25 above the fender if I remeber correctly.
basically this allows you to run the stut at it set height. If you did not do this the strut would be compressed 1" over what it was designed for.
now as you can see as you go lower the more dramatic the travel of the strut is affected.
tomustang said:i am putting some of their kids through college
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