I am in the process of making some camber plates and I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with caster adjustments. I am trying to decide whether it is worth adding caster adjustments in because that is a much bigger deal. I would prefer to add in a fixed camber angle but if needed, i could do adjustable. Any suggestions?

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George Carstens

If your referring to the fronts (I assume) I say go for the adjustable camber plates. No one is making those and it would be nice to have.

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I think I am going to make my first plate with 1/4 caster (on the front wheels) preset and fully adjustable camber. Then I will remake them with no caster and see if there is much of a difference.

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George Carstens

Just have the passengers in the back seat move side to side to adjust handeling. It's free and you can collect gas money.

George,
Was away when you sent an email and now back, sorry for no response.
About the plates, don't change the caster for two reasons. One, the more you decrease it, the further you move the wheel assy. to the front of the car lessening the clearances of the wheel and the front of the fender and bumper tip. Two, it helps turn-in when in a competitive environment. Not clear if you meant to increase it beyond the factory 10.4 or so degrees....don't.
Do the camber side as it helps give you more tire clearance in the wheel wells. Set the lower arms in as far as possible and see where the strut is in a -0- setting. Then make the plates so that the strut tops go inward from there. I made mine a bolt-in from 1/2" aluminum plates and used Carrera 240-280Z Datsun camber plates. These mount on top of where the OE part was so that you don't lose suspension travel with a lowered car.
Good luck....
Tobias MB
190/5.6

Thanks Toby!!!

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George Carstens