Rotation Strut top mount

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Rotation Strut top mount

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Looking thru the under bonnet shots I noticed that some people have turned their (4 bolt) strut top mount 180 degrees.

Looks like it would give lots of negitive camber. Probably too much. Lots of inner edge tread wear I should imagine:(

Anyone willing to set me straight :D
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got it done at pedders, he did it for freen when i went to get my car sorted out , just under 3deg neg handles alot better in the corners not as twichy no un even tyre wear and i have 215 17's on the front
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ive done it to my scorp. i got neg 1.5 and it handles so much better. had no probs with tyres as yet, only done a couple of thousand kms since i did it though.
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Re: Rotation Strut top mount

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Somewhere somebody mentioned 3 degrees negative. I mentioned it to my mechanic mate and he said it would result in the steering being very vague around 100kph.

But I guess 1.5 is much better then 3 :think:

Also my front tyres cost $175.00 each, so they have to last at least 100,000 klm :lol:
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that is fair, when i swapped mine around and put them on the alignment machine the operator couldnt get any more than 1.5. so to get more you would prob need adjustable strut tops maybe?? or if u get it done at pedders they bend the front struts slighty. alot of people do it. i havent.
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I just need a little more turn in. :(
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