Best camber kit?
 

If you disregard money, which camber kit is the best for our z?
I was looking at spl, spc, and kinetix
Is there any other options?

I am looking for rear only, why does front camber do much more expensive than rear?

If you look closely, the front camber kit is a much larger piece. It's basically an adjustable upper a-arm. The rear camber kit is more of a "tie-rod"

Most people go with SPC/Eibach

Any of those are going to serve you well for street driving. If you're tracking the car, I'd stick to SPL or SPC. Shoot me a PM with your zip code if you need pricing :)

I'd go with SPC but I wouldn't doubt the other brands either, i'd say its more of a brand preference

SPL all the way! These guys know Zs and racing; they've been involved in custom suspension parts for Nissans (specifically Zs) for a very long time.

I second that! :tup:

You guys know that these are not available for the front.:hello:

Doesn't matter since the OP only wants to do rears anyway.

He will end up with the fronts too.

Most of us do:tup:

I didn't... I think most people that aren’t totally slammed should find that the rears are enough unless they have cash burning a hole through their pockets. At -1.7 camber up front with a 1" drop my front tires are wearing quite evenly.

I had -2.1 with Swift springs

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Now in your case it would definitely be a good investment. :tup:

Here is my take on camber kits. I decided on Kinetix since I don't race but do drive aggressively and enjoy trying to tame dragons, snakes and other country roads. The quality of the Kinetix is as good as the SPC I fondled at the local speed shop. They didn't have any SPL but I'd already discounted them. Nice Bling. I believe the SPC boasts greater adjustments in the rear and definitely have caster adjustments up front. I'm wondering if the SPC toe bolts will help in the rear?

I dropped the car with H&R springs. My before and after numbers were a bit shocking. I didn't have any original alignment numbers prior to installing the springs.

Before 1st alignment (L/R)
Front --> Camber -1.9/-1.8 Caster 6.0/5.3 Toe .09/.08
Rear --> Camber -2.7/-2.4 Toe .28/.26

After 1st alignment
Front --> Camber -1.9/-1.7 Caster 5.9/5.2 Toe .09/.08
Rear --> Camber -2.7/-2.4 Toe .19/.17

Alignment after installing Kinetix front control arms and rear camber and traction links

Front --> Camber -1.5/-1.4 Caster 6.4/5.6 Toe .07/.08
Rear --> Camber -2.4/-2.4 Toe .09/.16

For Reference Factory Settings are

Front (Min/Max/Nom)
Camber -1.41/0.08/-0.67
Caster 4.42/5.91/5.17
Toe 0.09/0.15/0.11
Rear
Camber -2.16/-1.17/-1.67
Toe 0.09/0.21/0.15

Why would you buy front and rear arms only to leave the camber in the rear @-2.4 your front was @-1.9 camber sound like you spent all that money for nothing. :shakes head:

That's really to much camber for the rear anyways. Even if your were tracking it.

Agreed.

I rarely track my car. I wanted my car a bit lower and my camber slightly aggressive over the stock settings so I can still get good tire wear. I'm happy with the front camber and curious about the lefts caster's setting. I would rather have my rear at -2.0 but I'm limited by the toe now.

I'm wondering if the SPC Toe bolt would help me in the rear?

Yes that would fix the problem.

hey guys... does anyone have any insight about a using a camber bolt in the rear instead of replacing the arm?

my aftermarket shop suggested this to me, but I thought I'd hop on here and ask people with experience before I went placing orders

Put the arms on they are super easy to adjust ,exactly like a tie rod end.

^^ Baer, whats the benefit of the arm over the camber bolt?

I'm not sure if they make camber bolt for the 370:icon14:

But the adjustable camber arms bolt in exactly in the same spot as the oem but it has an adjustment that lengthens it or shortens it.

I do all my own work on my car including suspension and alignment so for some one who works on cars for a living told you to use a camber bolt instead I would ask them why and I bet you they don't have a real good reason,Spc makes really good stuff it is not junk all my suspension parts that were replaced were replaced with Spc.:tup:

Greater range of adjustability.

Usually when lowering our cars it increases negative camber to to the point the camber bolts don't have enough adjustability to get back to spec. We all know that. What I'm getting at is once you use the after market camber arms and get back to spec or whatever you desire the next alignment after that they could just use the camber bolt to adjust. Most likely your camber won't be off that much to get correct. Either way it doesn't matter.

I just installed swifts last weekend and ONLY did the camber arms. When i went to get the alignment the technician said that the toe was adjusted back to stock specs and everything is still fine as of today

^^ alright so camber arm > camber bolt it is!

thanks folks

What brands are available for camber kits..?

SPC
SPL
Eibach
Kinetix

any other choices?

I've seen camber arms from Voodoo 13. Anyone know of those are any good?

Spl!!!

SPC and Eibach are clones.

Their website currently shows ony rear camber arms. They do offer LOWER front control arms but that calls for some serious cash. I didn't see upper arms that are the subject of this thread.

Exactly what I was thinking
 

Exactly.
With Swifts I think I'm about - 1.5-ish in the rear with SPL arms and still under
- 2 on the front without changing anything. Curious why these numbers were selected when both ends now have the ability to hit spec numbers.

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Voodoo13's front camber arms have been announced and are now available for pre-order. Pricing is a little bit lower than SPL's but still in the same range. Looks like currently, these two are the only ones that offer adjustment while installed and more stability in keeping that setting.