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adjustable strut tops

Post by fredsub » Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:05 pm

for camber adjustment,
eg like http://cgi.ebay.com.au/KTS-DOUBLE-ADJUS ... dZViewItem
or http://www.k-mac-com.au

anyone share what else is available, how good they are to use/fit/setup ? how do they survive a pounding and corrugations etc?
may just need something like this soon......

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Post by MUDRAT » Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:20 pm

The problem you'll have with a lifted vehicle is finding room to fit the spring in agains the strut tower.
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Post by vincentvega » Mon Jun 19, 2006 5:11 pm

anyone know what a set of kmac's cost for an L series? My old mans wagon has some alignment issues...
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Post by Matt » Tue Jun 20, 2006 12:32 am

About $120 when i got mine a year on so ago....
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Post by vincentvega » Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:58 am

thanks for that - alot cheaper than i thought.
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Post by Matt » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:23 am

Sorry i shouold have said the camber adjustment they now use is a weld on to the engine crossmember not like the one on ebay
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Post by fredsub » Tue Jun 20, 2006 9:33 am

:? got a pic?
there is a type of camber adjustment on some cars at the bottom steering knuckle end....but thats not likely applicable to L series....

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Post by Matt » Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:48 pm

Have you got email? I will try and take some today and email them? Unless someone wants to host?
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Post by ToyRX » Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:42 pm

L series do not lend themselves to strut top adjustment plates due to the small clearance between the tower and the spring. KMAC's kit gets around this by slotting out the engine crossmember holes where the bottom arm attaches on each side. A excentric (spp?) bolt arangement allows adjustment inboard and outboard thereby changing the camber.
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