Suspension Brakes 1st Gen Need quick help!

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    I am installing my IE adj. camber plates. It looks like I will have to move the 2 of the alin bolts do you won't be able to adjust them. The question is will it still hole tight if I do this? I can only assume that is why they pit the other threds in it.
     

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    Move and re-tighten but to get full adjustability you will need to slighty cut the strut towers for access.

    That's what I have seen others do with Vorshlag's and other adjustable plates.

    It's a small cut the can be done with a Dremel and a little cut off wheel.
     
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    Here is a picture of it on the car. You con see if I don't move two of the bolts you will not Beatle to get to them. Does this look correct?
     

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    Thanks Dave. But if I cut the strut tower will I lose some strength?
     
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    Nope because you will have plates on the bottom and the other strut tower defenders on top. :Thumbsup:
     
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    Ok thanks
     
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    Thanks Nate that was the kind of picture I was looking for. :Thumbsup:
     
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    Thanks Nathan!
     
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    No need to move the bolts and modify the hole. That is where mine have been since installation.
     
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    I have one last question.

    I am taking the car to be aligned today. When I put it together I forgot I had all 4 struts set to soft. I do this for a little better ride. Would it be better to have the fronts set to medium? once its alined I don't want to change them.
     
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    Never mind. I can get to the tops of the struts to change them. I have been sick and I am not the sharpest tool in the shed today.
     
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    Same as the others said, move the bolts and trim the ring on the top of the tower.
    Did this long ago in the first build of my R53 with Votschlag plates. :)
     
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    Dick it's so nice of you to help out a so quickly a week later. :lol: :lol::lol:
     
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    I'm looking for a set of Vorschlags. Anyone know of some lying around on a shelf somewhere??
     
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    Dave I don't work from a computer at home, I actually do the American thing and, do stuff with my hands and body 30 miles from my house every day that you couldn't begin to comprehend... So yeah, I dont catch everything "new" right away anymore...

    Go buff something would you, or is it too cold in your garage?
     
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    Dick I have done the traveling Licensed Union Electrician job before ever heard of IBEW? I worked in several different fields from heavy industrial to working on new construction homes all year in all seasons so I know what real labor is.

    I got tired of the BS and political crap of the Union and went back to school and learned several new skills including computers. I learned to work smarter so I could get much better paying job. My company is an American company and employes of 7000 thousand Americans here IN THE USA. So don't give this real American work BS.

    Oh and you have not been too busy run that 35k or less thread.
     

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