CC plates questions

miss2slocoupe · May 14, 2012

I have a couple of questions about caster camber plates.

1) how hard are they to install?

2) how long does it take?

3) do i need to get my car alligned after the install?

lizwithfries · May 14, 2012

1. Decently easy. Maximum Motorsports comes with instructions if you don't know how to do it. You can do it in your driveway.

2. It shouldn't take more than 2 or 3 hours. It took us a while to do mine, but we were doing a lot more than just the cc plates.

3. Yes, definitely.

SRT Handz · May 14, 2012

1. Pretty easy, you just have to drill an extra hole. Instructions are detailed with the MM kit

2. I did mine in a morning

3. Yes, you do.

miss2slocoupe · May 14, 2012

1) good

2) good

3) Damn it..

thanks for help!

lizwithfries · May 14, 2012

If you take it somewhere to get it alighned, make sure you don't go to a crappy place that just "set the toe and let it go". My friend took her mustang to one of those chain garages that have a special deal for alignments, we put it on the rack at school and they didn't even move the caster or camber. It was pretty ridiculous.

miss2slocoupe · May 14, 2012

lizwithfries said:
If you take it somewhere to get it alighned, make sure you don't go to a crappy place that just "set the toe and let it go". My friend took her mustang to one of those chain garages that have a special deal for alignments, we put it on the rack at school and they didn't even move the caster or camber. It was pretty ridiculous.

im a very cheap person but with my cars hell no! thats something you dont want to cheap out on. so she pretty much got a alignment for nothing?

lizwithfries · May 14, 2012

miss2slocoupe said:
im a very cheap person but with my cars hell no! thats something you dont want to cheap out on. so she pretty much got a alignment for nothing?

They set the toe and that was it. It's the most important angle as far as tire wear goes, but the other two are just as important. There are shops out there that are slack though, as long as it drives straight they don't care and most driver's don't know the difference or care.

justinschmidt1 · May 14, 2012

Looks like everyone has it covered...but yea, they are cake to install and definitely gonna want to get a good alignment done.

miss2slocoupe · May 14, 2012

ok cool i found a killer deal on some MMS ones, thats for the quick answers everyone!

SRT Handz · May 14, 2012

Having a car properly aligned is a HUGE part on how the car drives.

Here is a video of Darin, the guy who aligns my car. I only use him.

[video=youtube;QGC1IlRtoMw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGC1IlRtoMw[/video]

justinschmidt1 · May 14, 2012

very true, alignment is key

1997GT4.6 · May 14, 2012

Hmm I just bought some MM cc plates and was gonna have the alignment shop put them on since I've never done that before. No, I think I have to put them on myself after this thread lol. I haven't been able to drive my stang for 3 whole days and it's killing me!!!!!!!!!! Fawk this I'm going out to my garage to try and finish this shizzzzz

miss2slocoupe · May 14, 2012

i def like doing as much as i can. get to dig into and figure out how it all works

justinschmidt1 · May 14, 2012

1997GT4.6 said:
Hmm I just bought some MM cc plates and was gonna have the alignment shop put them on since I've never done that before. No, I think I have to put them on myself after this thread lol. I haven't been able to drive my stang for 3 whole days and it's killing me!!!!!!!!!! Fawk this I'm going out to my garage to try and finish this shizzzzz

Its simple, drill a hole, unbolt strut, and bolt new cc plates on

Shifty Powers · May 14, 2012

Alignment difficulty and time changes if you have a bumpsteer kit and want it properly setup..

If just CC plates.. normal time

justinschmidt1 · May 14, 2012

Shifty Powers said:
Alignment difficulty and time changes if you have a bumpsteer kit and want it properly setup..

If just CC plates.. normal time

Is setting up a bump steer kit precisely that important?

I mean I cant imagine its any worse than stock when you slam your car on its face and your tie rods are at a 45 degree angle to the a arms haha

justinschmidt1 · May 14, 2012

SRT Handz said:
Having a car properly aligned is a HUGE part on how the car drives.

Here is a video of Darin, the guy who aligns my car. I only use him.

[video=youtube;QGC1IlRtoMw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGC1IlRtoMw[/video]

That guys bad ass, just watched the whole video

SRT Handz · May 14, 2012

I try do get my car alignment anytime i make even a small change to the suspension. My car drives AMAZING after darin set it up.

justinschmidt1 · May 14, 2012

I actually jsut bought a bump steer kit, msotly for clearance of the turbo pipes since I like to ride low lol

but Ive heard they help with the handling a lot

ReplicaR · May 14, 2012

He corner-balanced my car when I went full coilover. I'll probably go back when I'll do some weight reduction. As for the alignment, I believe that if you don't get alignment done after installing, then don't bother wasting money on CC plates in the first place. You are probably better off leaving stuff as is.