what kind of harnesses do you have? i have the takata ones and the short bolts dont work and no place around where i live sells the long eye bolt so i guess i just have to order it off the internet

 

got these today from WORKS. their spring rates were weak so i am going to experiment with different ones and probably revalve them. also i got some ground control camber plates for the front that are coming in next week

 

My fenders would burst

 

you can actually fit like 18x10.5 nt03+m's in the front with stock fenders
and 18x10's safely in the back

 

Let us know how the GC plates work for you. We tried a set on donour's car and they were junk.

Put some grease between the upper part of the spring perch and the camber plate itself, that might cure some of the creaking/groaning problems.

 

ok, i have heard from a few places that the GC plates are the best available. i got some custom made for the ohlins so we will see how they work. thanks for the heads up tho

 

Does anyone run the Sparco harness bar?

 

I have the same setup and was wondering what spring rates yours came with? And if you don't mind me asking what your going to try? I'm going to try some different rates on them myself this year. I'm not quite sure i want to go all out auto-x rates as i use these for hillclimbs alot, and the roads that they are held on are not exactly the smooothest around.

 

i ordered mine without springs since i knew i was going to change them anyways, i think works said they come with something like 8k 10k. due to some recomendation i am going to start out some where in the 14k/16k range and go from there

 

Nice pics! I have the same set sitting in my basement with custom springs. You'll definately need to revalve the rears if you plan to run 16K, as stock the rears are supposed to only run 8K and you are doubling the spring rate.
Contact these guys:

http://www.performanceshocks.com/

They used to do the revalve for Works. Talk to Bruce and mention Suraj sent you.
Didn't the coilovers come with Ohlins front camber plates and rear pillow ball mounts?

 

they come with works camber plates and pollow ball mounts but i got them without the front camber plates and just got GC ones since i heard that they were better and relatively the same cost. I have a guy here where i live that can revalve them but if not i appreciate the advice

 

Where did you hear they were "better". Their adjustment range is good, but that upper perch that rides along the bottom of the plate sucks. It makes a crapload of noise clunks, and grinds itself away. I could only bear them for about a week.

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i dont know enough about suspension to say anything but i heard that the way the perch and the spring come together is superior, i could be wrong and in that case i will order some works camber plates

 

I heard the same thing, and it theory it seems to be a good idea. However, the execution is very poor. The torrington bearing in the upper perch didn't seem to rotate at all.

 

Good luck with the Ground control plates. I had a set once, you can have all my broken spare parts too if you want them.

The problem areas on the GC plates is the centered around the spherical bearing they use. They have a custom top hat that fits nicely into the slider assembly. I was really impressed with the engineering in this part. It's designed to remove the force of the shock action from the shaft of the shock, and spreads it accross the entire surface area of the top hat.

However as the parts wear, the flaws in this design really come out. The bearing uses a grease impregnated cloth material to lubricate the bearing. Any lateral load at all pushes/squeezes the cloth out of the bearing. The load can be caused by just torqing down the top nut too hard, or keeping it too lose and allowing the dreaded top nut clunk to occur.

Lose that cloth lubrication peice and you are screwed. It's progressive failure after that. The bearing itself is hot pressed into the top hat assembly during manufacturing and can't be replaced individually

This happened to me about 3 times over 50k miles. Each time you need to replace the top slider assembly at around $90 a piece. Order extra pieces because Ground control likes to work on an exchange basis. you send the broken stuff in, and they replace it or refurbish it while your car sits in pieces..
That said, their service it top notch. Very friendly on the phone, very quick to turn around the parts.

If you car is not a daily driver, these camber plates will work. If I ever use these plates again, the car will be a trailer queen.

These are race plates only!! They require a large amount of care and feeding for proper use and longevity.