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Old 02-07-09, 10:56   #1 (permalink)
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Camber plates and rear control arms.

I'm about to buy them. Up till now I was quite sure about having the Helix13 camber plates and the H-Sport control arms. But now I came across new options.

Camber plates:
Vorshlag Motorsport
KMAC

Control arms:
TSW
Helix13

Taking into account my JCW goes sometimes to track, which ones do you recommend?

I guess the best option is Helix plates + H-sport = great performance and comfort.

But the Vorshlag plates give you the change of adjusting stiffness.

Well, throw the doubt and let's see what you say.
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Old 02-07-09, 11:53   #2 (permalink)
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SPC rear control arms are usually well recieved on forums and are quite cheap on ebay
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Didn't know about them, but I'll stick to one of those in the first post. Thanks anyway!
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I'm still more than happy with the the Helix front and H-sport back.

If you don't go all the way in preparing for trackdays and still use it as a daily driver I even would recommend fixed 1,25 camber plates for the front instead of adjustable ones.

I have never adjusted the Helix plates after I have set them to 2.0 degrees and weighed out the car (and also have set the back on 2 degrees). It is only until now that I consider putting on more negative camber than 2 after a few test rounds on the ring with the current setup (lightened). I have fixed camber plates on my Cabrio and am also very pleased with those because they make use of the original bearings (no extra NVH)
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GTT camber plates?
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GTT camber plates?
when I phoned GTT about them he said he didnt do them, and has never done. But ********* told me that you had on GTT's on your car and a couple other people said there was a thread on m2 with a promo price that appears to have gone...
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Ruff also do some (as in the porsche tuners)
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Old 02-07-09, 17:30   #8 (permalink)
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Ruff also do some (as in the porsche tuners)
not quite Ruf (oneF) are the world famous porsche tuners ala CTR yellow bird etc, Ruff (two FF's) are a brand of stauts wheels and nothing to do with the Porsche tuners

Ruf - Porsche

Ruff - pikey ass wheels
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when I phoned GTT about them he said he didnt do them, and has never done. But ********* told me that you had on GTT's on your car and a couple other people said there was a thread on m2 with a promo price that appears to have gone...
They must have been selling them off then as discontinued as they were epic cheap and they are a nice piece of kit.

I don't know why they denied ever making them though.

I think they are going down hill???
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not quite Ruf (oneF) are the world famous porsche tuners ala CTR yellow bird etc, Ruff (two FF's) are a brand of stauts wheels and nothing to do with the Porsche tuners

Ruf - Porsche

Ruff - pikey ass wheels
My bad

So what do people think of H-Sport (what M7 sell) as i'm thinking about getting them?
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