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Yes I am fitting the Bilstein + Whiteline package sorted by SK with front 350mm and rear 340mm ride height

So the front camber kit, and the rear camber kit is needed

.

The rear camber kit replaces the inner (ie closest to the diff) radius rod and control rod bushings.

You will need the suspension shop to push out the old rubber bushings.

I read on some threads that the front camber bushes can be knocked out with a hammer and screwdriver...

...ok will give it a go..

And as you may have read from my other posts that what I thought were factory springs that had been cut, were infact a set of lowered RS-R springs (black with "GTR" style lettering).

So upon removal of the rear arms I have discovered this nugget (see pic)

On the left is the whiteline bush, on the right is an offset bolt.

The offset bolt is "keyed" ie the washer only will go one one way.

The shank of the bolt (the part with no thread) is 25mm long...

While the metal inner barrel of the whiteline bush is 40mm long

So can anyone tell me if...

1. The offset bolt is factory? (I think not)

2. If not factory, was the bolt fitted to adjust camber with the lowered RS-R springs? (I think most likely)

3. Should I bother installing the whiteline bush after all? (I think why not)

4. Can I use the offset bolt and the new whiteline bush together? (I have no idea)

Yes there are a few questions... just want to go about this the right way... and learn something new.

Apologies if I have covered something already in the forums (didnt find it) and I hope other suspension GB people can find something useful out of this thread and the pics.

Thank you for your replies.

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Yes I am fitting the Bilstein + Whiteline package sorted by SK with front 350mm and rear 340mm ride height

So the front camber kit, and the rear camber kit is needed

.

The rear camber kit replaces the inner (ie closest to the diff) radius rod and control rod bushings.

You will need the suspension shop to push out the old rubber bushings.

I read on some threads that the front camber bushes can be knocked out with a hammer and screwdriver...

...ok will give it a go..

And as you may have read from my other posts that what I thought were factory springs that had been cut, were infact a set of lowered RS-R springs (black with "GTR" style lettering).

So upon removal of the rear arms I have discovered this nugget (see pic)

On the left is the whiteline bush, on the right is an offset bolt.

The offset bolt is "keyed" ie the washer only will go one one way.

The shank of the bolt (the part with no thread) is 25mm long...

While the metal inner barrel of the whiteline bush is 40mm long

So can anyone tell me if...

1. The offset bolt is factory? (I think not)

2. If not factory, was the bolt fitted to adjust camber with the lowered RS-R springs? (I think most likely)

3. Should I bother installing the whiteline bush after all? (I think why not)

4. Can I use the offset bolt and the new whiteline bush together? (I have no idea)

Yes there are a few questions... just want to go about this the right way... and learn something new.

Apologies if I have covered something already in the forums (didnt find it) and I hope other suspension GB people can find something useful out of this thread and the pics.

Thank you for your replies.

The rear camber adjusters are standard on R32/33/34, they adjust 0.25 degrees.

D Cheers :stupid:

You use that standard bolt with the Whiteline bushes. The bushes cant exactly be adjusted on the car so it makes the wheel alignment difficult. Set the bushes to about where you think you'd need to to correct the camber you have bearing in mind that the bushes adjust +/-0.75deg. The wheel aligner can then get your cambers even with the standard bolt.

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