Bilstein B14 + AST Top Mounts = Zero Camber?

[Techkiwi]

Recently installed my B14's and AST Top Mounts that I brought from Kamracing about a year ago, other than having to machine a new top nut for the struts becuase the AST Top Mount supplied nut was a different thread everything went well.

The problem I have though is after fitting I've ended up with basically zero degrees camber and cannot seem to go negative at all.

I've rotated the mounts so that they they should be at what I believe would give max neg camber (from memory the three bolts are basically facing the cars side wings on each side) and this has only left me at roughly zero.

I brought these mounts becuase they were supposed to give an additional degree or so of negative camber but I can't even seem to get the car back to it's standard 1 degree negatrive now.

Anyone else had experience with this combination of strut and strut top? Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[JON FOZ]

This was how mine was set up with Biksteins and same top mounts,hope this helps

 

[Techkiwi]

Thanks for the Reply. Do you know what your final -Camber was with that setting ? to me looking at your photo's they're setup roughly mid way between max negative camber and max postivite caster which is rougly how I set mine up initially also but got bugger all negative camber or positive caster with those settings

 

[NorthloopCup]

Bilsteins have a slotted top hole in the damper casing to get you more camber mate. Have you tried adjusting them there?

 

[Mr R.]

Bilsteins don't have a top slotted hole, ive got camber bolts on mine.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Bilsteins don't have a top slotted hole, ive got camber bolts on mine. :smile:

Interesting because the b14's I fitted recently did have!

 

[Mr R.]

Interesting because the b14's I fitted recently did have!

Mine are about 4 month's old maybe 5 and I had to buy camber bolts mate.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Mine are about 4 month's old maybe 5 and I had to buy camber bolts mate.

Maybe they've changed the design then as these were only fitted about 2 months ago and I believe they were brand new.

 

[ed55j]

My Bilsteins have a slotted top hole, got them set to max neg camber, are spot on.

 

[imprezaworks]

I have b14's, and have bought camber bolts. What's the max you can set these too without bolts

 

[bloke]

i put the same on one few months ago, adjustment on the top mount was negligible, ended up cracking the bottom bolts loose to get bit more neg camber.

 

[Techkiwi]

Definitely not slotted on my B14's either, are there two different versions, seems odd that a few people have slotted and some dont. I had considered that slotting them would probably be the best option to get more Camber (or maybe slot the ball joints) still very surprised that with this combination I've got no camber at all.

 

[incy-spider]

Think they are only slotted on the cup hole spacing, non cup spacing is fixed..