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Old 10-01-2012, 08:50 PM
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I haven't got my shocks off in weeks so. . .no, that's enough
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Old 01-28-2013, 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by glagola1
We need to have a webinar.

The one thing that is a potential gotcha is that these are not sliding adjusters. They are rotating adjust which will affect caster and that is not legal. I had not thought of that until I saw Jason Rhodes quote.

Let me repeat it for the 4th time: THE TOTAL HEIGHT OF THE JOINT IS NOT AN ISSUE IF THE SHANK AND BALL ARE DIMENSIONALLY SIMILAR TO STOCK. ALL THAT HAPPENS ABOVE THE BALL JOINT IS IRRELEVANT TO SUSPENSION MOTION.
What's the consensus on the SPC joint in the rear? I'm guessing most people don't use these in the rear since most of the alignments I see are -2.8 camber rear or less.
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Old 01-29-2013, 04:02 AM
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The biggest benefit in my mind would be the ease of camber adjustment. For the front I do a relative change using a magnetic digital level on the hub. If you want to add 0.2 degrees just loosen the SPC joint and move it 0.2 degree in and tighten. It's so easy. I would think it would work the same in the rear.




Note for AP1: for the rear, SPC camber joints will only work with 17" wheels or larger.
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Old 03-14-2013, 08:44 PM
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Would these be legal for STR? http://www.kingmotorsports.com/p-436...amber-adj.aspx
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Old 03-15-2013, 04:57 AM
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Quiet possibly without the use of the plates. Maybe someone else can chime in.
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I'd be afraid to use them without the plates though. The actual joints have a slot not a single hole and it's that plate that keeps them locked to one spot. I'd be afraid I'd have to use too much torque to keep them in place.
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They look similar to the J's units. Just want to make sure they legal before I purchase them. Thanks for the input.
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Originally Posted by ronin288

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I'd be afraid to use them without the plates though. The actual joints have a slot not a single hole and it's that plate that keeps them locked to one spot. I'd be afraid I'd have to use too much torque to keep them in place.
^ This.


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They look similar to the J's units. Just want to make sure they legal before I purchase them. Thanks for the input.
They are different than the other lower camber joints out there. J's, Hardrace, Megan, etc. do not have a slotted hole setup. As Steve mentioned, it looks like you would need to use the RCA plate to help lock the actual pivot joint in place. The RCA plate is the component that is not legal for use in STR. Only lateral position changes can be made.

Maybe you could use them without the RCA plate... don't know.
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you could peg the hole with a bushing that takes up the rest of the opening.
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Even if you could get it to work you'd have to verify the height to make sure that it doesn't change the height even without the plate - it could be different.
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