Camber Kit for 2011 mustang 5.0 need help!

[Stang 5.0]

quick question fellas, i want to do a drop on the stang, do i need to put the camber plates on with it? im new to the whole lowering the vehicle and i wasnt to sure if its a MUST! or if im good to roll without it.

 

[BlackMamba03]

You can use camber bolts or caster/camber plates. Bolts will work for most but I'd use plates myself.

 

[Stang 5.0]

hmmmm ok either the bolts or the plates, ic...ok sounds good thanks man

 

[Seer]

hmmmm ok either the bolts or the plates, ic...ok sounds good thanks man

Camber bolts will only correct up to 1 degree of camber, just a fyi.

Most lowered cars from 1-1.5" are only -1 to -1.8 degrees out of spec.

 

[Stang 5.0]

rather get the plates for sure than

 

[Seer]

rather get the plates for sure than

well, running some negative camber is good for handling and will slightly increase tire wear. it's a trade off

 

[Grabber Blue 5.0]

Camber bolts worked fine for me and I aligned it myself in my garage with nothing more than a digital level and a straight edge.

 

[Scott_0]

I use bolts and they seem to be fine thus far, in future Im going to throw some plates on it just for peace of mind

 

[Rob72]

The camber bolts never felt quite right on my 2011. But on my 2007 they were great. It really depends on how low the springs drop the front end.

 

[Scott_0]

^^ what do you mean by "never felt quite right"

 

[VTXFrank]

I didn't even use camber bolts. I slightly keyholed the lower strut mount hole and that was plenty good enough to get it in spec. But I run mine set to -1° Camber anyway. Haven't had any abnormal tire wear in the last 8k miles.

I didn't even need to adjust camber with my Steeda Ultralight springs. When I changed over to GT500 upper mounts and Koni STR.T's, that's when I needed to adjust camber since it was -2° after the install.

 

[hayabusapowered]

ive got eibach sportline, and the bolts worked perfect for me . sportlines are one of the lowest springs next to the h&r SS

 

[Rob72]

^^ what do you mean by "never felt quite right"

Turning felt awkward. Did not have the effortness/smoothness that it had stock. I also used SVT mounts. One night I was driving and I heard a pop up front. I had enough of that. When I installed cc plates it felt normal again. I'm the only one that I'm aware of that had this problem. I run 2005/2010 Eibach Pro springs.

 

[Stang 5.0]

THANKS FOR INFO FELLAs!