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Thanx guys. The guy doing the camber kit tomorrow had suggested it as he was told that it would help. I was thinking about it this morning and being mechanically minded, I was trying to figure out how it would help me in normal driving, so I phoned Paul from Autoworx and he basically said that if I'm doing lots of hard work with it, i.e. hard cornering and the like, then it would be usefull. But for every day use and occasional hard cornering, then forget it. So have decided to leave that item out.

Can put that money toward my 3" system.

Anyway thanx all the same.

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ric777,

I disagree, It makes a tremendous difference to the way the car feels on the road! I can feel the extra rigidness just coming up my driveway! Cornering has vastly improved, and the car stays flat a lot better now! (of course, Nismo suspension helps!)

Roundabouts are no probs at 50+ kms now, overall, it's worth every cent IMO...

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ric777,

I disagree, It makes a tremendous difference to the way the car feels on the road! I can feel the extra rigidness just coming up my driveway! Cornering has vastly improved, and the car stays flat a lot better now! (of course, Nismo suspension helps!)

Roundabouts are no probs at 50+ kms now, overall, it's worth every cent IMO...

I understand what you are saying and I agree. The rigidness it creates is a fact. I understand that the Skyline is quite flexible in the front end when cornering hard. I don't drive it that hard too often, so that is not a factor for me. Originally I was told it would help sort my negative camber along with the camber kit. Often, they reckon the camber kits won't bring the camber back totally to spec. In the case of a fixed brace, I couldn't see how it would help negative camber. In the case of an adjustable brace, then the struts could be pushed out slightly to reduce negative camber. The downside of that might be that perhaps there might be a larger than acceptable gap between the hood and the fenders, but I wouldn't think that should be a problem.

50+ at roundabouts?? is that all

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agreed my 2 cents is buy the one for $100 thats a great price for the pay back they present

 

forget all the camber stuff and look at it as an investement in the driving pleasure you experience from your car.

Hi Riaz, the camber stuff is something "not" to forget about as it cost me $320 for a pair of new tyres. Not something to worry about if the old tyres were worn out, but they had 90% tread and as I said in another thread, it was basically my fault for not keeping an eye on them although the guy who does my services should have his ass kicked for not picking it up also. My second post on this thread explains what I was told regarding the brace in regards to camber.

Anyway, I did some searching on the net and they all say that in race conditions the brace is essential, there was no mention of benefit to camber.

Yourself and Strich9ine seem to be wrapped in them but it would seem the 2 that have theirs for sale obviously don't see any benefit in normal conditions.

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