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Originally Posted by cody
Interesting. Just out of curiosity, did they break when you tried to torque them to OE specs or did you just figure they would break/stretch if you did?
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They didn't "break" like snap in half, they just yielded.
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Originally Posted by cody
Everything I've read says the OE camber bolts on my car should get torqued to 120 while the Eibach (and most other aftermarket camber bolts) shouldn't be torqued to more than 80. I mentioned this to Sid and he agreed. I have read threads on Nasioc where people have had the aftermarket bolts slip but most people attribute this to overtorquing (and subsequent stretching).
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This is what I was talking about; that lower torque value of 80ft*lb carries with it a lower bolt preload, and thus less clamping force on the strut-spindle joint. A ballpark number for that 40ft*lb reduction is about 4000lbs less clamping force. This is why the alignment will slip easier.