With a stock 06, is the camber angle adjustible on either the front or rear wheels?
Camber Angle
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Short answer, no.
You'll have to go aftermarket to get either camber plates for the front and camber bolts (or adjustable upper control arm) in the rear. SPC makes all of that, but the camber plates are a little controversial in the quality and reliability department. Do a search, and you'll find more answers then you need.
Any reason why you are inquiring about camber adjustment? Filling in a back story can be quite helpful, both for us and for you in getting the right answers.
You'll have to go aftermarket to get either camber plates for the front and camber bolts (or adjustable upper control arm) in the rear. SPC makes all of that, but the camber plates are a little controversial in the quality and reliability department. Do a search, and you'll find more answers then you need.
Any reason why you are inquiring about camber adjustment? Filling in a back story can be quite helpful, both for us and for you in getting the right answers.
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refer to my post here 2" drop alignment
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If you're referring to OEM Ford "Crash Bolts", they work OK if properly torque'd, but they don't allow very much adjustment.
I have them, but they are good for 1/2 degree or less.
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I have the SPC front camber plates and rear upper arms. I like them. Great quality. The front plates only give you a +1/-1 degree adjustment. The rear arms give you a +5/-5 degree adjustment.
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The downside of the SPC (And other brands which re-badge them) front plates is that they work by mis-aligning the strut within the spring. It's easy to bind the struts. They are ALWAYS mis-aligned, you just have an option with regard to which direction the tops of the struts are pushed. You could adjust things so that there's 0 camber change, but then you're going to have +/- 1 degree of caster. The opposite is also true.
I used them SPC plates for 6-8 months and then decided to remove them. They tend to wear out the strut bearings way too quickly, and with my setup I could hear occasional "twanging" as things went through a partial bind.
I used them SPC plates for 6-8 months and then decided to remove them. They tend to wear out the strut bearings way too quickly, and with my setup I could hear occasional "twanging" as things went through a partial bind.
x2The downside of the SPC (And other brands which re-badge them) front plates is that they work by mis-aligning the strut within the spring. It's easy to bind the struts. They are ALWAYS mis-aligned, you just have an option with regard to which direction the tops of the struts are pushed. You could adjust things so that there's 0 camber change, but then you're going to have +/- 1 degree of caster. The opposite is also true.
I used them SPC plates for 6-8 months and then decided to remove them. They tend to wear out the strut bearings way too quickly, and with my setup I could hear occasional "twanging" as things went through a partial bind.
i ran the SPC pates right up until the top thread part of the strut rod sheared off within the nut from the poor angles and side loads the SPC plates cause on the said region. Never again will i run such a product
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the rear bar on these looks pretty thick, any clearance issues with the rear shock? I have the spc pieces and the are thinner (not tubular, and they sit pretty darn close to the strut)
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The SPC Camber arms have been known to have some clearance issues. Our piece is designed not to interfere with the shock. :thumbup:
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I don't know that coilovers makes a difference in the options...
I'd check with FocusSport, LCR (Leo Capaldi Racing... here on the 'Jet too), and I've heard of K-MAC from Australia.
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I didn't either, but FSWerks' camber plates say coilovers are a requirement:
http://fswerks.com/ford_focus_camber_kits.htm
I thought I read that about the LCR ones also, but I could be mistaken.
http://fswerks.com/ford_focus_camber_kits.htm
I thought I read that about the LCR ones also, but I could be mistaken.
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I have used the LCR race camber plates for a while, work with OEM type suspension, my only gripe about them is how big the nut is that holds top of strut to plate, if you want to run extreme camber you might need to make the hole in strut tower bigger as the nut will hit it, and then you run into structural integrity issues, and on mine (front suspension has been removed many times, every time I reinstalled I torqued to spec) the bolts that the three nuts attached to came loose, making removing them without destroying struts next to impossible, I just wish the had a better setup of how the three bolts are secured in camber plates.
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