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Old 2006-04-11, 06:44 AM   #17
sybir
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Originally Posted by Dean

Oh, and rather than spending money on camber plates, since you are planning on retaining the stock struts/springs, in SP. you are allowed to slot the top mount holes for added camber if you so choose. A whole lot cheaper than camber plates, and would probably allow as much adjustment as long as nothing is in the way. More research would be required on that though before diving in with the round file... It worked greqat on my Lancia Beta back in the day...

All I'm going to say is that slotting tops on a Subaru scares me. You have tophat bolts with a torque spec of 15 pounds, which is just snug, not clamped down. Those bolts are meant purely to keep the suspension from dropping out of the car at full extension; ask anyone who's broken strut top bolts whether they think 15 pounds of force is going to hold a camber setting.

I realize you're not wholeheartedly recommending that path, but let's not add potential parts failures to a new guy's mod list, even hypothetically.
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