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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 09:18 PM
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Default Need some help/info about pillow ball mounts

I am looking at http://www.truehonda.com/inven...d=377 for my ep. I see they come with pillow ball mounts. My understanding is pillow mounts can sometimes be used to adjust camber so you dont need a camber kit.

I am wondering if I correctly understand what pillow mounts are used for and are the ones included in that link able to used instead of a camber kit?

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Old Jul 27, 2005 | 11:54 PM
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Default Re: Need some help/info about pillow ball mounts (giff74)

I read the description of that product and while it mentions pillowball mounts, it does not state that they can adjust your camber. Besides, if I remember correctly, the camber adjustments on your EP are at the bottom of the shock where it mounts to the knuckle.

Yes pillowball mounts on MacPherson strut suspensions (like the front of your EP) can be used to adjust camber IF they are slotted. Some OEM MacPherson struts have no camber adjustment and thus need a slotted upper pillowball mount. Yours, however already has adjustment from the factory so a slotted pillowball upper mount would be redundant (unless you wanted to adjust your shock angle but that's way beyond our scope here).
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