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Old 02-11-2008, 06:51 PM
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Word of warning...

It appears you are running Global West CNR-42 upper arms (originally intended for B-body spindles) and what I'm guessing are ATS "tall" spindles.

Just a warning... you may be in for a surprise at the alignment shop with that combo. Mark from SC&C and I were just working on this very problem (I'm changing from B-body spindles to ATS tall spindles, I already have the GW upper & lower arms on the car with B-spindles currently) and even with no shims the least negative camber I would be able to achieve with the GW CNR-42 upper arms is -2.2 degrees. The ATS spindles have 2 degrees less KPI than the B-body spindles-- thus the moment you bolt the ATS spindles on you now have 2 degrees more negative camber than the B-body spindles. The GW CNR-42 upper arms are sized so that with B-body spindles, no cross shaft shims, and an in-spec frame you'll get about 0 degrees of camber. So once you swap out to the ATS spindles you are looking at a nominal -2 degrees camber with the CNR-42 upper arms with no shims!

GW even states on their webpage that the CNR-42 "negative roll" (B-body) upper arms can't be used with ATS tall spindles... and this is because the change in KPI between the spindles makes the arm too short and results in too much negative camber. You're simply out of adjustment.

You might want to think about alternatives now while you have an easy to work with rolling frame. GW says their standard length upper arms will work (they're longer and thus give you more camber adjustment range with the ATS spindles) as would SPC adjustable uppers (which is what I'm changing to... no more shims and a much larger possible adjustment range.)

Car/rendering looks good too!

I wish you luck on keeping it clean. I'd love to paint my car black too but I've come to the realization I don't want the maintenance or upkeep associated with keeping it looking really nice... so I'll probably go with "hide the dust" silver.
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