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Old Feb 19, 2003 | 09:03 PM
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Specialty Products? Ugg, what utter junk. They use cheap polyurethane on their kits. I had SOOO many problems with their kits I said never again. You can count me out. Besides I don't mind a little more tire wear if the car handles better anyway. Negatve camber is a good thing--to a point.

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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 12:06 AM
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Any better suggestions? I've recomended specialty products kits to a lot of people after switching to them. They are very heavy duty and solid....and not cheap at all. I dont know what you're talking about.

Last time I checked, polyurethane is a lot better than rubber for suspensions. You get a much stiffer ride by having the polyurethane bushings.

About 1 degree of negative camber is ideal for handling and tire wear. Yes, more negative handles abit better but only to a certain point then it's downhill again.

Rob

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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 04:50 AM
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Polyurethane wears very fast and is very noisy. That's why Japanese aftermarket companies ONLY use hardenned rubber. US companies use polyurethane because it's super cheap to tool for. Nothing more. I kept wearing out my bushings on the specialty products kits in 10,000 miles and simply got sick of replacing them. They didn't even warranty them for me. Forget it.
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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 05:04 AM
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Originally posted by Coolguy949
About 1 degree of negative camber is ideal for handling and tire wear. Yes, more negative handles abit better but only to a certain point then it's downhill again.

Rob
Very true. Most road racers and autocross guys use 3-4 degrees of negative camber. Of course on the street 1-2 is plenty.
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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 06:29 PM
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Hey guys. Double Whoosh. Todd from TM engineeiring has posted recently that a Camber Kit for the GS will be availible very soon. DAMN. finally. I can't wait. I hope it comes soon.

Paul
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Old Feb 20, 2003 | 07:50 PM
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Just make sure they are using rubber bushings and not polyurethane which is a **** poor bushing material for street.
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