My alignment report
Note: car has been lowered 1-1/8"

Camber
Min Nominal Max Actual
-1.25 -0.75 -.25 -1.80

Caster
Min Nominal Max Actual
6.60 7.20 7.60 7.70

Toe
Min Nominal Max Actual
-.10 0.10 0.30 0.03

My dealer does not recommend camber adjustment procedure 204-000-1 as it is highly labor intensive and weakens the structure of the component.

So, which would you pick: Ground Control's Caster/Camber plates at ~$375 CDN or Steeda's Billet camber plates at ~$270 CDN and not worry about the caster adjustment? I imagine the labor for the caster/camber plates is likely double that for the camber plates.
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You're over the limit.......Over time you would probably see more wear, other than that I had the local garage remove my struts, I then opened up the area for the camber plates (Steeda). The garage then installed my struts and aligned the car. They charged me $75. I had about an hour of work myself on them. Your mechanic is probably right about weakening the strut,if all you do is slot them. The Steeda plates,although expensive are first rate and supply the needed support on the slotted holes.

 

I would use the plates, and get those numbers in order. You are off on every item it seems, you will like it better in spec than out. If you dont you may pay a lot more down the line, since tires arent cheap etc.

 

It pulls nice and quick into the corners...

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I had the local garage remove my struts, I then opened up the area for the camber plates (Steeda). The garage then installed my struts and aligned the car. They charged me $75. I had about an hour of work myself on them. Your mechanic is probably right about weakening the strut,if all you do is slot them. The Steeda plates,although expensive are first rate and supply the needed support on the slotted holes.

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So is 1.5 hours about right for a shop to remove the struts, elongate the holes and reinstall the strut with the Steeda plates?

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Originally posted by sodaman@May 30, 2005, 4:56 PM
I would use the plates, and get those numbers in order. You are off on every item it seems, you will like it better in spec than out. If you dont you may pay a lot more down the line, since tires arent cheap etc.

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Thanks. Toe-in is within spec.
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I wouldn't hesitate for a minute on useing the camber adjustment procedure 204-000-1. There are probably millions of cars on the road today that use a cam bolt to adjust the camber. As for labor intensive, sorry I just had to laugh at that one. It would probably take all but 15 minutes each side. I'd find another place to get your frontend done.

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From what I've read about 204-000-1 I think it gives another +/- .75 of adjustment? If so, that would get me down to -1.05 which I think would be acceptable. Otherwise at shop #1 I'm looking at 270 + 137 + 47 = 454 to have the Steeda plates installed and the alignment done again. (That's $365 USD)

 

My alignment report is...

Camber: -1.5 / -1.5
Caster: +5.5 / +5.5
Toe: .05

I was told that if I continue to drive aggressively my tire wear will be normal.

-Dan

 

My camber was way off and I had the 204-000-1 procedure done on my car. I am just within the tolerance levels. Front tires, especially drivers side are still noticably at an angle, however, uneven tirewear should be minimal. I don't see how "notching" the strut will make it weaker.

 

who has caster/camber plates available? Just camber plates adjusters from Steeda?

 

The link is in my post at the beginning of this thread to Ground Control's Caster/Camber plates...

 

This is BS having to mod and spends so much money to make a new car ride correctly. Ford should do this mod at there expense.

 

For a $30K car, it rode fine the way it was. I was the one who chose to lower it to change it's appearance.

 

You should have said that in you post.

 

Am I the only one that automatically thinks "lowered" whenever I see the work "alignment" in reference to an 05 GT???

 

Ahh, Michael (killo-11), you're right, I guess iI should have stated that. Just that with all the threads that have been talking about camber have been in relation to lowering springs, I guess I overlooked that detail.
My apologies...

So, everybody, given two choices 1) Steeda Billet Camber Adjusters or 2) Ground Control Caster/Camber Plates, which one would you go with?

Now, if Maximum Motorsports only had theirs available for the '05...a quick phone call and...not this month, most likely July!