i couldnt not find a thread about peoples opinions, so lets see what everyone uses and why they like them.

 

You can read this and form your own opinion.

http://heeltoeauto.com/httech/...87420

Tell us what you think and people would be more compelled to respond...

Personally, I'm thinking about removing my SK2 a-arms and going back to stock. I can't go any lower than I am right now without them banging the shock tower....

 

i was more wondering on quality of the kit. i am wanting one for the sole purpose that i am setting my car up for HPDE, and i would like to be able to adjust the camber, as well as toe and caster. i was just seeing what everyone thought the nicest kit was. i.e. holds the settings, has the best bushings, doesnt creak, or other problems people have with them

 

If that's the case, Sk2 or any other SK2 copy would work great. With the redesigned top plate (allens screw from the bottom), mine has yet to slip out of adjustment. They're a pain in the *** to adjust though... I think the Ingalls a-arm is a little flatter and might give you a little bit more headroom than the SK2 or clones.

 

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http://heeltoeauto.com/httech/...87420

Tell us what you think and people would be more compelled to respond...

Personally, I'm thinking about removing my SK2 a-arms and going back to stock. I can't go any lower than I am right now without them banging the shock tower.... </TD></TR></TABLE>

Great link, and good reading for anyone thinking about purchasing a camber kit.

I personally run one, to allow more negative camber than lowering alone provided. However, I do have to run at a higher ride height after install, to avoid bottoming out with the same spring rates. About 1" higher, and the SPC UCAs that I'm using are thinner than the Skunk2 UCAs (from what I've seen, never made a side by side direct comparison).

 

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Mine have held their setting, even after bottoming out the UCA into the chassis on a serious pothole, which I would assume would place the most stress on the sliding plate. They've also held up to a little bit of curb banging at Willow Springs. They can adjust caster +- 1.5* (or 0 to +3* if you're crazy enough to flip them left to right like I did), but the resulting bumpsteer is not necessarily the way to go for everyone.

So, I would recommend the SPC UCAs, based on you wanting to adjust caster. If you don't need caster adjustment, the Skunk2 UCAs are significantly cheaper, and I know plenty of autocrossers using them and happy with them.

You can also consider the Whiteline caster kit, which is rather inexpensive.

This is for an EG or DC right? Not sure what's available for other chassis.

 

eg, sorry. do either of you have pics of each respectve kit(altho most know the sk2/omni etc etc, i think it would be nice to get a visual pic with the review)

 

Here's how my SK2 UCA sits with full weight on it (car not jacked up) at about a little over a finger gap all around.



EG unit looks exactly the same with the exception of the chassis mounting point.

They don't have bushings on the end like the EK

 

i had one problem with my Skunk2 front camber kit. the passenger side ball joint fell apart on me. boot was still intact, but there was no grease inside at all.

mind you, this is the first gen Skunk2 camber kit. i was lowered approx with a 2 finger gap all around with Tein HA's. auto-x'd a few times.

this is after 1.5years (i took the boot off to take a peek, but boot was intact completely):


i replaced it with a new ball joint (the newer one with the allen bolts facing the bottom)

other than that, the kit holds up well. doesn't get out of adjustment.

 

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SPC UCAs at Summit


Not cheap by any means, but I'm very happy with them.


Whiteline caster kit
Its basically nothing more than a shim kit, to add space between the two LCA halves, pushing the bottom of the knucle forward increasing caster. The only person I have heard of running them, snapped one of the supplied bolts during a track day. Granted, one person's experience is not indicative of what everyone will experience, it has made me a bit leary of installing my kit. Also, I don't believe using it would be legal for STS class autocross, which I run in.