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K-MAC front Camber and Caster adjustable Top Mount Group Buy
Sorry guys, big day/night yesterday. 'Twas me Troy was talking about.
I bought these for my 8L A3 as I was looking for a solution to more camber adjustment without having to modify my strut towers or running a specific type of coil spring. A bit of background, I'm running airride using Bagyard's custom Bilstein setup. These are compatible with standard mounts.
Installing the KMAC mounts weren't very straightforward; the Allen bolts holding the plates that offer the camber/caster adjustments were hard to reach at the extreme end of adjustment (maxing out the camber wasn't possible as the Allen bolts sit directly under the lip of the strut tower opening).
KMAC suggests that on-the-fly adjustment is possible but when I tried, I was not able to budge the components; each time I had to jack the car up to relieve the load. This makes alignment a tad difficult as it'll take a reasonable amount of hoist time and guess work. I help with my alignments at the alignment shop so it doesn't cost me extra, but it's a frustrating exercise.
Caster adjustment tends to be towards the negative, which is a little annoying to have in a daily driver. Tramlining became amplified as the steering didn't want to track straight as easily as it was on standard mounts.
I'm used to driving cars with harsh suspension setups, and these mounts definitely provided one. But then again, changing from standard rubber mounts to these poly + pillow ball set up, you'd be expecting a harsher ride. I wouldn't recommend it for a daily, especially if you like your comfort.
Build quality wasn't the best; metal cuts weren't smooth nor straight - the section where adjustment is made easier by inserting a 1/2" extension was not big enough for all my 1/2" attachments. The poly mount was flaying at the tip of the lip where it wraps around the strut opening.
The upsides I saw for these mounts were the amount of negative camber that I could achieve and the mount height. My final front camber reading when maxed out (along with the custom arms and balljoint I had setup to max camber too) was at almost 5 degrees, and this is with my car airred out. I'm not sure if the geometry on the Polos are different to the Mk4/8L but when lowered past a certain point, they start to exhibit positive camber. So yeah, I was achieving a lot of negative camber compared with standard components. I had no issues with the 'bag rubbing the strut tower.
Also the mount height; they're about the same height as the standard mounts so they don't raise the car up any higher than your standard setup. Something that was important to me.
For the price, I wouldn't recommend them. But I believe at the moment it's the only product off-the-shelf for our cars that provide a lot of camber adjustment for no body/suspension modifications to our cars. I've currently switched them out for 6N Polo mounts (shorter height for Mk4/8L).
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Sorry guys, big day/night yesterday. 'Twas me Troy was talking about.
I bought these for my 8L A3 as I was looking for a solution to more camber adjustment without having to modify my strut towers or running a specific type of coil spring. A bit of background, I'm running airride using Bagyard's custom Bilstein setup. These are compatible with standard mounts.
Installing the KMAC mounts weren't very straightforward; the Allen bolts holding the plates that offer the camber/caster adjustments were hard to reach at the extreme end of adjustment (maxing out the camber wasn't possible as the Allen bolts sit directly under the lip of the strut tower opening).
KMAC suggests that on-the-fly adjustment is possible but when I tried, I was not able to budge the components; each time I had to jack the car up to relieve the load. This makes alignment a tad difficult as it'll take a reasonable amount of hoist time and guess work. I help with my alignments at the alignment shop so it doesn't cost me extra, but it's a frustrating exercise.
Caster adjustment tends to be towards the negative, which is a little annoying to have in a daily driver. Tramlining became amplified as the steering didn't want to track straight as easily as it was on standard mounts.
I'm used to driving cars with harsh suspension setups, and these mounts definitely provided one. But then again, changing from standard rubber mounts to these poly + pillow ball set up, you'd be expecting a harsher ride. I wouldn't recommend it for a daily, especially if you like your comfort.
Build quality wasn't the best; metal cuts weren't smooth nor straight - the section where adjustment is made easier by inserting a 1/2" extension was not big enough for all my 1/2" attachments. The poly mount was flaying at the tip of the lip where it wraps around the strut opening.
The upsides I saw for these mounts were the amount of negative camber that I could achieve and the mount height. My final front camber reading when maxed out (along with the custom arms and balljoint I had setup to max camber too) was at almost 5 degrees, and this is with my car airred out. I'm not sure if the geometry on the Polos are different to the Mk4/8L but when lowered past a certain point, they start to exhibit positive camber. So yeah, I was achieving a lot of negative camber compared with standard components. I had no issues with the 'bag rubbing the strut tower.
Also the mount height; they're about the same height as the standard mounts so they don't raise the car up any higher than your standard setup. Something that was important to me.
For the price, I wouldn't recommend them. But I believe at the moment it's the only product off-the-shelf for our cars that provide a lot of camber adjustment for no body/suspension modifications to our cars. I've currently switched them out for 6N Polo mounts (shorter height for Mk4/8L).
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