SPC – Front camber kit,

Retail of $479, actual street price is mid-high $300 range

Here is the link of when I first took pictures of the product last year when it was still going through some heavy R&D Road Race/Autocross forum and Type-R forum

Since the part is fairly new, I called SPC for the specific part number, and had a local vendor order it up for me…Chuck’s Brake & Wheel in Santa Rosa, CA great guys and they’re the NASA tech station too.

The part is made of Aluminium, and then is shaved down to reflect left, or right hand side parts. Since I received one of the first parts, there weren’t any part numbers on them to reflect which part was left/right side…it’s fairly evident when you pull out one of the stock pieces and compare them side by side to know which side belongs where. This part is a little on the pricey side, but with the fit and finish of the part, and the available uses I find that it’s well justified.

Installation – it was fairly easy, pull suspension out of the way, remove the old one, install the new one.

Adjustment nut on the top – 27mm
Torque spec – 120 ft/lbs

Adjustment – camber and caster can be adjusted at the same time

Camber adjustment - camber is fairly easy to adjust just loosen the top bolt(the hard part, we had to disconnect the upper ball joint to get the bolt low enough to get a 27mm wrench in there), and move it to where you want it to be, and snug it up, put a wheel back on, and check your alignment.

Caster Adjustment – same as above, but you have to remove the ball joint, and move the disc to a new position to either gain, or lose caster.

Directions –



Here are the pictures:






























Modified by Austin at 12:45 PM 1/27/2005

 

That is VERY bitchen. Looks like the bend in the arm increases the available travel compared to the Skunk units. I'm using the SPC eccentric control arm bushings for that very reason: to keep all the travel I could. But they are a pain to adjust and have limited camber adjustment range. The things look like the hot set-up. What they cost?

 

OMG those things are sexy.....I see what my next suspension component purchase will be

 

the only concern i would have is the fact that there are no positive stops for the camber adjustment, I would be afraid that it would slip under hard use (berms, offs, bumps, gators, etc.)

otherwise,

 

Same here. Also at that price you start to approach a custom assembly or some of those bling JDM parts, but it does look like this item would vastly exceed the lifespan of some of the aforementioned items. What's the weight on these vs. stock?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRX-RX &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Same here. Also at that price you start to approach a custom assembly or some of those bling JDM parts, but it does look like this item would vastly exceed the lifespan of some of the aforementioned items. What's the weight on these vs. stock?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'd say that the piece is slightly heavier than the stock piece, but not by too much. I do know that this piece has been through a lot of R&D testing, as well a lot of analysis programs.

Austin

 

are the bushings the same dimensions/material as the stock arms? i can't tell from the photo.

 

We have some for the RaceKaa. We're looking forward to testing them soon.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by thawley &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">That is VERY bitchen. </TD></TR></TABLE>

They are. High quality, nice to look at..

 

What is the camber adjustment range?

 

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A lot, I'm running a Zeal B6 on the itr, I think that it's ~3/4-1" lower than stock, I had it in the middle of the range, and when we stuck it on the rack, I was at -2.6*.

Austin

 

I didn't catch which cars these are going to be made for.

is there going to be an application for the 88-91 civic/crx?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by mike-y &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I didn't catch which cars these are going to be made for.

is there going to be an application for the 88-91 civic/crx?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes.

 

Wont there be a problem with the top of the arm hitting the fenderwell, on a 88-91 Civic or CRX???

 

I have to wonder how well it will resist slipping at places like Road Atlanta where curb banging at significant speeds is pretty prevalent in several turns.

Barry H.