Ok so why does stuff happen at the worst posable time! I hit a pot hole very hard this weekend. One side is mushroomed badly the other side just a little but the strut bearing/mount is broken. This will be the 4th or 5th time I have replaced one. If I get adjustable camber plates will they last longer? If so witch ones should I get? This is a bad time for me to spend money, I guess thats why it has happened.:mad2:
None of those car parts will help your current issue but a trip to the optometrist to correct your vision will do wonders.
I got some 1/4" aluminium plate and made my own anti mushroom plates for nowt! a strut brace might help too.
Don't need camber plates, you can get just strut protectors but they will add a bit to the handling in addition to giving a bit more protection to mushrooming.
Well I was just thinking that it the adjustable camber plates were a little stronger then the stock strut baring then it would be a good time to godhead and get them. later I could add the strut plates to stop the mushrooming. Does any have experience with Ireland adj. camber plates? I have Eibach springs and and Koni yellows.
I have Craven Speed strut tower defenders fitted to the Coop. Going to fit Ireland Eng fixed camber plates when it is time to replace the shocks.
I have IE fixed camber plates & man are they beefy. They have been though a lot of real road driving, bumps & even yumps. If you buy a set of those they will likely outlast your MINI. Nothing against those strut defender things, but why no put I figure if you are there the fixed camber plates will do double duty for you. Strength the strut tops & give you some added handling benefit. Make sure to buy from a forum sponsor. Don't get STD's, how will you explain that to your wife? :ihih: As always buy from a sponsor who supports us all & do what Dave says, get your eyes checked. :smilewinkgrin:
I have Helix Thermonuclear bomb proof Adjustable Camber plates on the bottom and M7 (yes I said M7) strut bars end plates on the top. (No M7 bar) The top of the MINI strut tower is as thick as a slice of cheese between two thick beef patties. Can you tell it's Lunch time for me. :lol:
Ok first off I'm not the only old fart here that can't see. Thanks for the advice I don't want to spread any SDT's :lol: I just talked to Arron at out motoring he told me if I get the IE adj. it would be over kill to get the std. Yea I try to spred the love to our sponsors!
I have the fixed IE plates & they work well for me, although I am fixed in my ways. Adjust-ability is good, but how often do you guys who have them change your camber? When you do is your alignment reset on a rack? My guess is most folks set them once & that's it.
When I go to get it aligned I plan on -2.0 or 2.1 camber front. The rear 0 toe, I will have to take what I have on camber I will get the adj. trailing arms when I can. Does anyone run any positive caster on there Minis?
I don't believe there is any caster adjustment unless you go with the PSRS LCA bushing from ALTA. And Crash, I haven't changed my camber settings but it does get tweaked by the alignment god when I get it checked. It also allowed me to get a bit more camber and made sure each side was the same.
Those ALTA PSRS things never worked and fell apart. The only way they will hold is if you welded them on.
The steel sleeve did indeed want to work itself off, so I had the sleeve tack welded on and have had no issues with them.
Wait until they fall apart! I currently have the ALTA garbage ones on the Rat, but I've got a set of PowerFlex BLACK's already in the mounts waiting for them to fail! And yes I laid a little tack weld onto the sleeve when I installed the Alta's... No way was I going to trust some tiny little set screws to hold them in place.