I debating between the Maximum Motorsports Caster Camber plates, or the Steeda heavy duty upper strut mounts. My only question / concern is that the MM plates have caster and camber adjustability, while the Steeda just offer camber. Which is best, and do I really need to adjust the caster angle with a 1" drop?

I have Koni STR.T shocks / struts, Steeda sport springs, and a BMR panhard bar waiting in the garage.

 

You may not need to adjust caster, but just like camber you will want to get both sides to the same number when aligning it, unless it's a Nascar. I would do the MM plates so that you could get back stock caster if not add a little more to increase straight line stability.

 

just a thought, have you checked out the Vorshlag CC plates, they are built like a tank and have good all around adjustability. Just a thought

 

I thought I'd chime and make this more confusing. I have the ground control plates and they have been very good. They also have camber and caster adjustment. I chose them because I read about some noise issues with some of the ones listed here. I am pretty happy with them and they are totally quiet.

 

From the pictures on there website they look like very well constructed CC plates. It also looks like they use a GT500 style spring perch instead of the 11-14 style unit. Did you use 05-10 / GT500 style front struts, or the 11-14 style on your car?

 

The GC plates look very nice but like you stated about the other plates issues, I have eliminated the GC plates because they have issues with the studs /nuts failing if over torqued, which is apparently easy to do. I have not heard of anyone saying there are noise issues with the Vorshlag or MM plates. I do recall a complaint about the Steeda plates a year or so ago, but only one complaint.

 

I would stand behind the GC plates I have, if you don't over torque them they are fine, kind of like anything else really.

 

The car does not need any additional caster. It has about 7 degrees from the factory which is plenty.

We use roller needed bearing that do not have any knock-back issues. It looks like the competition uses a spherical bearing.

Our bearing is set into a polyurethane bushing, so no increase in NVH ... the competition has metal bearing on a metal plate.

You will be very happy with the Steeda units ... & they are made in the U.S.A.

Let me know if I can help with forum pricing or any additional questions.

Best Regards,

TJ

 

From the pictures on there website they look like very well constructed CC plates. It also looks like they use a GT500 style spring perch instead of the 11-14 style unit. Did you use 05-10 / GT500 style front struts, or the 11-14 style on your car?

I have the 11-14 style on my car.



I have had my plates for 2 years now. I did my research back then. There were some posts about noise on the maximum motorsports and the steeda. I didn't do any research on vorshlag. As far as over torquing, I would presume that you shouldn't over torque anything on your car. This eliminated that as an issue for me. The noise complaints I read may not have been on this forum. I was very scared of noises and did google searches to read all I could.

 

I've been doing s bit of the same research, and found all have some complaints of noise. Added noise, clunking, etc will irritate the hell out of me. I'm admittedly OCD about that kind of stuff. From what I've read it seems that those with noise complaints reuse the stock bearings and spring perch on their cc plates. It seems like the gt500 perch does a better job of absorbing any noise since it is a rubber. The ground control cc plates seems to be the best of both worlds since it uses the gt500 style spring perch, and fits the 11+ strut style.

I sent them a email today and they confirmed that they work with 11+ style struts.

 

They do. I have the 11+ style struts. You may want to call Jay at hypermotive. I bought from him and the service was top notch. He will answer all kinds of questions. Sadly, I asked him many dumb questions before I bought.