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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 03:02 PM
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Who has aftermarket arms for rear camber/toe?

I know there are several different arms available in the aftermarket world, but i wasn't sure who has used what and in what combination. For ultimate adjustment, Nagisa has 3-4 different arms for the rear. Just wasn't sure which one was most beneficial.
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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 03:49 PM
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i have the rear lower control arms that have no adjustment they are just 5mm shorter than stock, they also make ones that are 5mm more than stock for 5mm added negative camber. they were like $130 or so for the set and i was charged like 75 for the install even though with a lift i could have easily installed them myself. then i got an alignment and was all done for like $300 which is prolly a lot cheaper than even purchasing the nagisa ones if i'm not mistaken...

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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by sojah
i have the rear upper control arms that have no adjustment they are just 5mm shorter than stock, they also make ones that are 5mm more than stock for 5mm added negative camber. they were like $130 or so for the set and i was charged like 75 for the install even though with a lift i could have easily installed them myself. then i got an alignment and was all done for like $300 which is prolly a lot cheaper than even purchasing the nagisa ones if i'm not mistaken...
i think you are talking about lower arms for adjusting camber, the shorter the arm on the lower, the less negative camber you have. i have the same arms.
i saved my original ones to weld in an adjustable turnbuckle into them.

i also had some uniball upper FRONT balljoints made so i could make front control arms.

the top picture has the new balljoint next to a stock upper front control arm

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yeah you are right, my bad, i meant lower rear arm.
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Old Dec 16, 2010 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by sojah
i have the rear lower control arms that have no adjustment they are just 5mm shorter than stock, they also make ones that are 5mm more than stock for 5mm added negative camber. they were like $130 or so for the set and i was charged like 75 for the install even though with a lift i could have easily installed them myself. then i got an alignment and was all done for like $300 which is prolly a lot cheaper than even purchasing the nagisa ones if i'm not mistaken...
Where did you get them them for 130 a set?/ i need the longer ones that add camber
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i'm looking for the link but it may be on my home computer.
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i paid 130 each for mine i believe....
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 12:31 PM
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i'm looking for some too but they are 130 a piece?
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Originally Posted by azcamber
i think you are talking about lower arms for adjusting camber, the shorter the arm on the lower, the less negative camber you have. i have the same arms.
i saved my original ones to weld in an adjustable turnbuckle into them.

i also had some uniball upper FRONT balljoints made so i could make front control arms.

the top picture has the new balljoint next to a stock upper front control arm
Wow thats awesome. Any chance of having more then one set made? If so Id be real interested.
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 01:01 PM
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My car is stock and the rear camber is slightly out of spec ....
Seems like Lexus made some errors with the rear suspension ?
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Originally Posted by Stu
My car is stock and the rear camber is slightly out of spec ....
Seems like Lexus made some errors with the rear suspension ?
What was the actual measurement? All cars should have some slight negative camber. I think mine was -1.8 on one side and -2.0 on another.
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anybody want to post up pics. I may be able to adapt some parts I have made for other models.
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Originally Posted by FIGS
anybody want to post up pics. I may be able to adapt some parts I have made for other models.
http://translate.google.com/translat...%26prmd%3Divns

These are the only pics I can find on the Nagisa arms from the site.
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Well its hard to see what goes where. But none of their stuff looks that impressive for the price. I think I have all the base line components, just may need a new center linkage. I have tapered studs for the upper ball joint, the toe links and the tie rod ends. I will look through the techstream info available and other diagrams.
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If you can make something like I said before Id be very interested. Im definitely interested in parts with a good amount of adjustment for front/rear camber, front caster, and toe front/rear.
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