My girlfriend Dkblu02GT on the board just got her stang lowered for her birthday with H&R springs. It looks like her wheels are toed out alittle so it looks like we may need to get a camber kit. Is there a way I can just go to home depot or something and get parts and save money and do it myself or do I need to be a camber kit and have someone install it?

 

Buy a Maximum motorsports c/c plate setup and have the car aligned by a shop. Dont try to ghetto it up, it wont work. Great looking WS6 by the way.

 

did she get the alignment already? I haven't gotten CC plates yet cuz they were able to align it pretty close...actually the sheet was pretty damn near perfect with the right camber on the edge...i'll be getting a set off MTing pretty soon though...

Where in MD u from?

 

Thanks for the compliment. I was looking at the MM C/C kits.

She didnt get an alignment yet because we werent sure yet because of it toeing out if we should get the camber kit first and then align it. But you said you dont have a camber kit yet and you got ur aliged pretty good. She was gonna get it aligned tomorrow so I guess we can take it and get it aligned and see how it turns out. It doesnt pull to the right or left to bad its just toed out alittle. Does 100 for a front end alignment seem right to you? It seems alittle high to me I'd think it would cost 75 - 85 for the front and I figured the back doesnt need it.

Where in md am I from? Gambrills, Maryland right next to Ft. Meade.

Thanks for the input guys its helps out. May take it in tomorrow for an alignment and see how it does.

Here's a picture of how it sits now

 

You'll be unable to set a tire wear friendly alignment without a good set of plates. MM are the only plates to even consider for a lot of reasons.

Even if they're able to hit the numbers on the alignment, it doesn't really matter. The stock alignment specs were good for a stock ride height car. Not a lowered car. My standard recommendation if you haven't gotten any further than lowering is: replace the struts with aftermarket foxbody (79-93) struts like Tokico Illumina or Bilstein (*koni are too stiff for me). they're a 1/2" shorter and will give back some wheel travel aside from not being shredded by high rate lowering springs. Set all the + caster (top of the strut toward the cab of the car) you can and set maybe 1/2deg to 1 full degree of -camber. Set the toe at 1/16th-1/8th" total.

That's it. A little camber won't rub your tires out but it'll help squash some of the push in corners. The caster will help you track straighter and improve turn-in. The toe setting is just enough to get the wheel to re-center after a turn without scrubbing your tires.

I've used those settings for years to great effect.

 

I'm gonna order her the Maximum Motorsports black ones off ebay new for 189.00 free shipping. I went to MM site and it was 215.00 shipped

 

Web prices are never the "real" price. Price advertisement is regulated by minimum advertised price. It's a way to keep prices level for small dealers.

Call MM, or call Apex (4085880075 tell em r3dn3ck sent you), or call MT and you'll usually get a better price. I've gotten them for less than the ebay price very recently, brand new, retail. Or, check the Corral Members price on corral.net/forums in the Parts-->suspension section.

Good choice though. :clapping:

 

Thanks for the help.

 

I never heard of corral.net. Great prices on there thanks alot and I saved a good amount of dough.

 

One more question. How hard is it to install these yourself? Got a better deal then 189.00 for MM CC in black.

 

The instructions MM provides are more than adequate for someone to install them. Youll be fine. They have great instructions, very detailed, and if you get hung up, give them a call, as they are also very helpful over the phone too. Great company.

 

Don't be afraid of the directions. They're very easy to follow and it's not really hard to do if you make sure you have all the tools ready to go and a clean place to work. Madmatt is 100% spot on. MM is a great company and super helpful.

Relax, and enjoy. If you set them up in a positive orientation pull the struts all the way to the rear and all the way to the outside for your base alignment. Make sure your alignment shop doesn't wreck your settings and put you back to stock. Remember.. just a touch of negative camber like -.5deg to -1deg, all the + caster you can dial in sorta even on both sides and a 1/8th" total toe. If they can't hit that they morons, go somewhere else.

Then keep track of your tire wear and rotate every 3000 miles for longest tire life. If you notice the fronts wearing the insides try to dial out a little camber but just a tad.

 

uhh off topic

badass ws6 dude, I wouldnt mind seein some pics in the pics section!